A beautiful and poignant end to a brilliant and memorable series. I laughed and cried throughout, and will definitely revisit this audio drama in the future.
From BBC Radio 4 - Afternoon Drama: For Alice's 100th birthday present, her granddaughter Ruthie sets out to put her family back together again. The final play in Katie Hims' trilogy of heartbreak and redemption.
Cast
Ruthie ..... Rosie Cavaliero Alice ..... Edna Doré Ted ..... Gary Beadle Vincent ..... Daniel Rabin Marcus ..... Stuart McLoughlin Ray ..... Sean Baker Queenie ..... Jane Whittenshaw Roseanna ..... Alex Tregear Ella May ..... Joanna Monro Receptionist ..... Sally Orrock
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Edna Doré stars in A Telegram from the Queen, the final play in this trilogy by acclaimed radio dramatist Katie Hims charting one family's tragi-comic history of heartbreak and redemption. The trilogy won the 2011 BBC Audio Drama Award for Best Drama, where Rosie Cavaliero also picked up the Best Actress award.
Enigszins teleurstellend einde van een trilogie luisterspelen over kinderen die verloren raken. Na de ellende in de eerste twee hoog tijd voor een happy end, maar net wat te veel toeval en dei ex machina voor mijn smaak.