Anthony is a radio play by Andrew Rissik, the first in a trilogy entitled A Man Alone. It was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 09 January 1986, and won a Giles Cooper Award that same year. The running time is 57 minutes[1].
Plot[]
TV producer Philip Tremayne and his unraveling life.
Cast[]
- Philip Tremayne - Ronald Pickup
- Anthony - Benedict Taylor
- Philip's Father - Patrick Troughton
- Laura - Tessa Peake-Jones
- Bookseller/Porter - Brian Smith
- Mr. Tomkin - George Baker
- Philip, as a boy - Barnaby Rhys-Jones
- Anthony, as a boy - Thomas Amlot
- Consultant - Richard Durden
Directed by Jeremy Mortimer
Critical Reception[]
"Ronald Pickup beautifully evokes a drink-sodden TV producer with a troubled marriage and a haunted past in Andrew Rissik's fine play." (Anne Karpf, The Observer) [2]
References[]
- ↑ Best Radio Plays of 1986 Methuen/BBC 1987
- ↑ http://www.suttonelms.org.uk/arissik.html