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Peter Mackie - The Real Mystery of Marie Roget

Obsessed by a woman's unsolved murder, Edgar Allan Poe gets a disturbing solution on his last night on Earth. Stars Ed Bishop.

American writer Edgar Allan Poe was obsessed by the unsolved murder of a woman, Mary Rogers, who he called "Marie Roget" in his fictionalised version of the case.

On his last night on earth, Poe has a visitor with a disturbing solution as to who might have killed her.

Peter Mackie's imaginary drama stars Ed Bishop as Edgar Allan Poe.

Edgar Allan Poe ...... Ed Bishop
Dupin ...... Terry Molloy
Tom White ...... Hu Pryce
Muddy ...... Hedli Niklaus
Mary Rogers ...... Marlena Mackey
Doctor ...... Geoff Serle
Nurse ...... Carina Wyeth

Other parts played by the cast.

Director: Philip Martin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1988

1 hour

Last on

Mon 4 May 202000:00
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