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Mr Larkin's Awkward Day by Chris Harrald

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Mr Larkin's Awkward Day

Author
Chris Harrald
Narrator
Adrian Scarborough, Anne Reid, Lynne Verrall
Publisher
BBC Audio
Publish Date
28 October 2010
Run Time
43 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Films, cinema, Television, Radio / podcasts, Plays, playscripts
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Chris Harrald's Sony Radio Academy Award-winning play takes a light-hearted look at a chaotic day in the life of an emerging poet. One morning in September 1957, Philip Larkin receives a very official looking letter which sends him into a spin. The events that unfold provide a delicious insight into Philip's character, with a tremendous sense of period. The Sony Gold citation said: 'Assured direction, excellent performances and concise, skilfully-researched writing all made this deceptively straightforward story a masterpiece. Funny and touching by turns, a single, seemingly insignificant incident in the life of Philip Larkin brought out the humanity and humour of a poet whose personal life is not commonly associated with either.' Starring Adrian Scarborough as Philip Larkin with a cast including Anne Reid, Lynne Verrall, Stephen Critchlow and Chris Pavlo.

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Author
Chris Harrald
Narrator
Adrian Scarborough, Anne Reid, Lynne Verrall
Duration
43 minutes
Release Date
28 October 2010
ISBN
9781408481066
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
BBC Audio
Genre
Films, cinema, Television, Radio / podcasts, Plays, playscripts

Synopsis

Chris Harrald's Sony Radio Academy Award-winning play takes a light-hearted look at a chaotic day in the life of an emerging poet. One morning in September 1957, Philip Larkin receives a very official looking letter which sends him into a spin. The events that unfold provide a delicious insight into Philip’s character, with a tremendous sense of period. The Sony Gold citation said: 'Assured direction, excellent performances and concise, skilfully-researched writing all made this deceptively straightforward story a masterpiece. Funny and touching by turns, a single, seemingly insignificant incident in the life of Philip Larkin brought out the humanity and humour of a poet whose personal life is not commonly associated with either.' Starring Adrian Scarborough as Philip Larkin with a cast including Anne Reid, Lynne Verrall, Stephen Critchlow and Chris Pavlo.

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