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1. Anthony

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Troubled writer Philip recalls friendship with the brilliant but vulnerable Anthony. Stars Ronald Pickup and Benedict Taylor.

Philip Tremayne's friends consider him a success.

He's written novels, produced TV programmes and made a name for himself.

But he's dogged by a sense of failure and by the recollection of a friendship that started at prep school in the 1930s, when he first met a brilliant yet vulnerable man named Anthony.

It was a friendship that was to go tragically wrong.

The ups and downs in the life story of Philip Tremayne.

Starring Ronald Pickup.

Told across three plays by Andrew Rissik.

Philip Tremayne 鈥�. Ronald Pickup
Anthony 鈥�. Benedict Taylor
Philip's Father 鈥�. Patrick Troughton
Laura 鈥�. Tessa Peake-Jones
Bookseller/Porter 鈥�. Brian Smith
Mr Tomkin 鈥�. George Baker
Philip as a boy 鈥�. Barnaby Rhys-Jones
Anthony as a boy 鈥�. Thomas Amlot
Consultant 鈥�. Richard Durden

Director: Jeremy Mortimer

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 January 1986.

1 hour

Last on

Fri 13 Oct 2023 00:00
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