Days and Nights in Bedlam
Sunday 22 October 2006 20:10-21:30 (Radio 3)
By Fred D'Aguiar.
When Otis is taken to the closed ward of a London mental hospital, he is desperate to return to his Queen Penelope, and his Kingdom. Whilst the staff diagnose him as delusional, fellow patients Larry and Harry plot to reach this Kingdom first and take his queen for their own.
Duration:
1 hour 20 minutes
Playlist:
Otis ...... Mo Sesay
Gary ...... Don Gilet
Deirdre ...... Daniela Nardini
April ...... Alex Tregear
Harry ...... Stephen Critchlow
Larry ...... Carl Prekopp
Penelope ...... Janice Acquah
Music composed by David Pickvance.
Director Carol Bayne
