Dancing With the Dead

by James Whyle

Richard E Grant stars as a son in search of his father. In 1911, at the age of 14, James Whyle's father arrived in South Africa with ten shillings in his pocket. By the time James was three, his father was dead. A true story and a unique family record.

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Published August 23, 2017

About the author

James Whyle grew up in the Amatole Mountains of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Conscripted into the apartheid army, he was discharged on the grounds of insanity. He did everything in his power to assist the authorities in arriving at this diagnosis.

His story, The Story, was chosen by JM Coetzee as winner of the 2011 Pen/Studzinski competition. The Book of War, a novel, won the M-Net Lit Prize for best debut in 2012.

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From BBC Radio 4 Extra:
Richard E Grant stars as a son in search of his father. In 1911, at the age of 14, James Whyle's father arrived in South Africa with ten shillings in his pocket. By the time James was three, his father was dead. A true story and a unique family record.

Moving true story, based on James Whyle's family history embracing the First World War and apartheid.

Starring Richard E Grant as the Son, Tom Smith as Father, Peter Gevisser as Fatty. With Carl Prekopp, Ewan Bailey and Helen Longworth

Director: Claire Grove.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00766cf