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4 Ratings

4.3

Duration
1H 30min
Language
English
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Lyric Poetry

In Terence Rattigan's classic drama, an aging schoolmaster at an English secondary school faces the harsh judgments of his students, his fellow teachers, and his vicious and spiteful wife. But can a lone act of kindness from a sympathetic student change his heart?

An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring:

Steven Brand as Frank Hunter Martin Jarvis as Andrew Crocker-Harris Ian Ogilvy as The Headmaster Darren Richardson as Peter Gilbert Devon Sorvari as Mrs. Gilbert Kate Steele as Millie Crocker-Harris Daniel Stewart as John Taplow

Original music composed by Louis Febre.

Includes an interview with Michael Darlow, the author of Terence Rattigan: The Man and His Work.

Directed by Peter Levin. Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA in June of 2012.

© 2013 L.A. Theatre Works (Audiobook): 9781580818957

Release date

Audiobook: 15 March 2013

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