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Michael Hastings - Tom and Viv

The nightmare, turbulent marriage of young poet TS Eliot and the charismatic Vivienne Haigh-Wood. Stars Benedict Cumberbatch.

Benedict Cumberbatch stars in the heartbreaking story of TS Eliot's marriage to Vivienne Haigh-Wood.

Michael Hastings' best-known play charts the turbulent, doomed marriage of the young TS Eliot and the charismatic Vivienne Haigh-Wood. This moving, highly charged study has been described as 'one of the most important plays of the 20th century'.

Stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Tom, Lia Williams as Viv and David Haig as Maurice. Adapted and directed by Peter Kavanagh.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sun 7 Sep 201404:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Broadcasts

  • Sat 29 Jan 201113:00
    BBC Radio 7
  • Sun 30 Jan 201101:00
    BBC Radio 7
  • Sat 6 Sep 201406:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 6 Sep 201416:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 7 Sep 201404:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra