Katherine Parker - The One Before The Last

The poet Rupert Brooke died of illness at the tragically early age of 27 during the First World War.

One of the most beautiful men in England, he had many admirers, but his emotional life was far from trouble-free.

While up at Cambridge, he met Ka Cox - a large, ungainly, matronly woman with whom he had a most complex love affair.

Starring Colin Firth and Emma Piper.

Revealing drama written by Katherine Parker.

Rupert Brooke …. Colin Firth
Katherine ‘Ka’ Cox …. Emma Piper
Mrs Brooke .... Janet Henfrey
Francis Cornford .... Michael Tudor Barnes
Frances Cornford .... Susie Brann
Noel .... Deborah Makepeace
Young Man .... Jonathan Tafler
Statesman .... Peter Howell

Producer: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1987.