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Radio 4 Extra,03 Dec 1983,75 mins

Rope by Patrick Hamilton

Available for 26 days

Two young undergraduates think they've committed the perfect murder. To add piquancy to their crime, they invite the victim's father and other guests to a macabre dinner party. Starring stage, screen and radio actor and director Alan Rickman who died ten years ago last month, aged 69. Thriller designed to make your flesh creep - originally written for the stage by Patrick Hamilton. Rupert Cadell …. Alan Rickman Wyndham Brandon …. Adam Bareham Charles Granillo …. Andrew Branch Sir Johnstone Kentley …. Cyril Luckham Leila Arden …. Moir Leslie Kenneth Raglan …. Christopher Good Sabot …. Olivier Pierre Producer: John Tydeman First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in Saturday Night Theatre: Murder for Pleasure in December 1983.

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