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Drama On 3

Drama ranging from the experimental to the Classics.

Some people refer to this as the Sunday Play, in that it's a play on Sunday. But that name was used for a real time-slot.

Title	First Broadcast	Repeated	Description
Harold Pinter Double Bill	20090215		Another chance to hear two plays by Harold Pinter, in tribute to the playwright who died in 2008. 8.00pm bel....Sara Kestelman bridget....Indira Varma music by Elizabeth Parker directed by.... Janet Whitaker 8.55pm fred....harry burton jake....Douglas Hodge maria....jill johnson moonlight first performed in 1993, this radio production of pinter's play was recorded to mark his 70th birthday. andy, a middle aged civil servant, lies in his bed, dying. his wife tries desperately to bring his estranged adult sons to his side. bridging these two worlds is the haunting presence of the daughter they have lost. andy....Harold Pinter ralph....John Shrapnel voices one of pinter's last dramatic works, this was first broadcast in 2005. some of the tormentors and the tormented so potently etched in pinter's later plays are brought together with a musical setting by the composer james clarke. voices: harry burton, anastasia hille, andy de la tour, Douglas Hodge, gabrielle hamilton, roger lloyd-pack, gawn grainger, Harold Pinter and Indira Varma. music: apartment house; eileen aagaard; prometheus ensemble; rolande van der paal; etienne siebens; bbc symphony orchestra conducted by martyn brabbins and david porcelijn; fatma mehralieva. a tribute to Harold Pinter, with his 1993 play moonlight and his 2005 radio piece voices
The Seagull	20100131		Siobhan Redmond and Paul Higgins head a cast of leading Scottish actors in this new production of Chekhov's classic drama. In part a tragic play about eternally unhappy people, Chekhov has always surprised his audiences by viewing it as a comedy, poking fun at human folly. All the characters are dissatisfied with their lives. Some desire love. Some yearn for success. Some crave artistic genius. But no one ever seems to attain happiness. When famous actress Irina Arkadina arrives to spend the summer on her brother Sorin's country estate, tempers inevitably get frayed. Adapted for radio by Stuart Paterson from the first ever English translation by George Calderon. CAST Arkadina....Siobhan Redmond Trigorin....Paul Higgins Konstantin....Robin Laing Sorin....Sean Scanlan Nina....Ashley Smith Shamrayev....Lewis Howden Polina....Daniela Nardini Masha....Meg Fraser Dorn....Finlay Welsh Medvedenko....Tom Freeman Director - Dominic Hill. Siobhan Redmond and Paul Higgins star in a new production of Chekhov's classic drama.
Amazonia	20100207		by Garry Lyons. Years before he found fame with Swallows and Amazons, Arthur Ransome was swept up in the dramatic events of the Russian Revolution, living a dangerous double life as a journalist and agent for both the Bolsheviks and the Foreign Office. War, revolution, espionage and romance feature in this biographical portrait of one of our best-loved children's authors. Arthur Ransome....Rory Kinnear Evgenia Shelepina....Michelle Dockery Ivy....Katie Collier Foreign Office Minister, Lenin... Gordon Mounsey Lockhart, Trotsky....Mark Chatterton Russian Officer, Soldier....Joe Hughes Tabitha....Emily Herbert Young Arthur....George Herbert Soldier....Christopher Anderton Soldier....Christopher Arley Directed and produced by Melanie Harris. A portrait of Arthur Ransome before he found fame, when he lived a dangerous double life.
An Ideal Husband		20100214	The unprincipled Mrs Cheveley threatens to reveal Sir Robert Chiltern's secret past unless he agrees to give his support in Parliament to a questionable Argentinian venture. Faced with ruin in the eyes of the country and his wife, he seems to have no alternative. Wildean wit and the elegance of English society is woven into this classic drama. The Earl of Caversham....Geoffrey Palmer Viscount Goring....Jasper Britton Sir Robert Chiltern....Alex Jennings Lady Chiltern....Emma Fielding Lady Markby....Sara Kestelman Miss Mabel Chiltern....Joanna Page Mrs Cheveley....Janet McTeer Vicomte De Nanjac....Oliver de Sueur Mrs Marchmont....Patience Tomlinson Countess of Basildon....Lucy Whybrow Mr Montford/James....John Cummins Phipps....Hugh Dickson Mason....Derek Beard Directed by David Timson. By Oscar Wilde. Mrs Cheveley threatens to reveal Sir Robert Chiltern's secret past.
I'm Still The Same Paul	20100221		Lenny Henry stars as singer and political activist Paul Robeson. As an outspoken apologist for Stalin and agitator for civil rights Paul Robeson had many enemies, including the CIA. His passport was taken away, his career curtailed and his health threatened. An FBI agent re-examines his story. Paul Robeson Lenny Henry Essie Robeson Adjoa Andoh Michael Vincent Corey Johnson Helen Rosen Joanne Monro Marian Alibe Parsons Phillips David Seddon Secretary of State Rufus Wright Frank Alex Lanipekun Director Claire Grove. LENNY HENRY stars as singer and political activist Paul Robeson. As an outspoken apologist for Stalin and agitator for civil rights Paul Robeson had many enemies, including the CIA. First assigned to the Robeson case in 1949, a fictional retired FBI agent Michael Vincenzi (COREY JOHNSON) re-examines his story, focussing on the dramatic period from 1950-1961. Robeson travelled all over Europe and America in the 1920's and 1930's, starring in London with Peggy Ashcroft, playing Othello on Broadway, making 11 films (mainly in the UK), and was the world's most famous black performer.In 1950 Paul Robeson has his passport taken away by the US authorities because of his political activities and his career is almost destroyed. He continues to campaign tirelessly for civil rights in the USA but he cannot work abroad. He corresponds with personal friends Kenyatta and Nkrumah and appears before the House of Un-American Activities. He is married to Essie, who is his unofficial manager and he has had a string of very public affairs. When his passport is finally restored in 1958 Robeson moves to Britain, playing Othello at Stratford and travelling the world giving concerts. He is back at the top again so his suicide bid in a Moscow hotel room in 1961 seems to come out of the blue. It is claimed that he was given hallucinogens by the CIA to force a mental breakdown. Robeson never fully recovers. Back in America Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and the new civil rights movement fail to acknowledge Robeson's political legacy, and his singing, although still popular, is no longer fashionable. In 1974 over 3,000 people attend his 75th birthday concert. Paul Robeson is too ill to go but sends a tape saying "I'm still the same Paul dedicated to the worldwide cause of humanity for freedom, peace and brotherhood". THE CAST Paul Robeson..Lenny Henry has just finished a very successful run in the West End as Othello. His other straight acting roles include starring alongside Robbie Coltrane in Alive and Kicking. Playing maverick super-head Ian George in three series of BBC television's Hope and Glory about a comprehensive school, created by Lucy Gannon. Narrating Roald Dahl's Matilda for R4 Classic Serial to be braodacsat this Christmas. Essie Robeson... Adjoa Andoh stars with Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon in Invictus the new Clint Eastwood film to be released after Xmas playing Nelson Mandela's head of security. For the National Theatre she played Condoleeza Rice in David Hare's Stuff Happens. Michael Vincent.Corey Johnson films include Out for a Kill, The Contract, The Bourne Ultimatum and Saving Private Ryan. He also appeared in the award-winning mini series by HBO; Band of Brothers and made his Broadway debut as Nixon's Chief of Staff Jack Brennan in Frost/Nixon. The rest of the cast are: Helen Rosen.Joanna Monro, Marian.Alibe Parsons, Phillips.David Seddon, Secretary of State. Rufus Wright, Frank/Harry Belafonte Alex Lanipekun THE WRITER Annie Caulfield worked with Lenny Henry on her play After You've Gone about the 1930's double act Leyton & Johnson. She also worked with him on Like That, a radio play in which Lenny played a soldier returning to his roots in the Midlands. Annie's most recent work for Radio 3 is Your Only Man , 90' play about Flann O'Brien with Ardal O'Hanlan. Annie Caulfield's drama about the life of singer and political activist Paul Robeson.
These Are The Times: The Life Of Thomas Paine	20100307		class="blq-clearfix"> PART 1: COMMON SENSE Tom Paine arrives in America penniless just as the struggle for Independence is beginning. His ideas and his writings take him right to the heart of events and his words are read out to Washington's army. PART 2: AGE OF REASON Tom Paine is again embroiled in revolution, this time in France. During the Terror his best efforts for the new Republic put him in prison, and American help is a long time coming. Cast: Jonathan Pryce....Tom Paine Alan Howard....Benjamin Franklin Kenneth Cranham....Jefferson Romola Garai....Carney Francois Guetary....Danton Robert Glenister....Gouvernour Morris Kelly Hunter....Marthe Daley Philip Jackson....Washington Will Keen....Short John McAndrew....Lafayette Marcella Riordan....Mrs Downey Paul Jesson....Sam Adams/Edmund Burke Hugh Ross....House Speaker/Bancal Jack Shepherd....Rittenhouse/Clio Rickman Nick Rowe....Joseph/Monroe Clare Perkins....Sally Hemmings Christopher Obi....Father Kwayedza Kureya....Will/Thomas Julia Reinstein....Lotte Written by Trevor Griffiths Music by John Tams Directed by Clive Brill Produced by Ann Scott A Greenpoint production in association with Richard Attenborough (First broadcast on Radio 4). Drama about author and intellectual Thomas Paine, who influenced the American Revolution.
Gone	20100314		by Debbie Tucker Green A young woman has gone missing. No-one knows what has happened to her. She is described by an unconnected group of people whose lives she touched in some way on the last day anyone saw her. One or two of them knew her, some met her briefly and some just happened to see her. CAST: Young Woman 1....Sheri-An Davis Young Woman 2....Michelle Asante Cab Driver (Jaswinder)....Emil Marwa Cab Driver's Girlfriend....Manjinder Virk New Mum....Nadine Marshall New Dad....Alex Lanipekun Elaine....Naana Agyei-Ampadu Burger Bar Worker....Richie Campbell Girlfriend (of Burger Bar Worker)....Seroca Davis Security Guard....Alan Williams Wife of Security Guard....Dystin Johnson Nathan....Jeffrey Kissoon Bruce....Justin Pierre Linda....Nicola Walker Linda's Husband....Justin Salinger Man on Bench....Danny Lee Wynter Directed by Debbie Tucker Green Produced by Mary Peate What people saw - or think they saw, saw wrongly, presumed through glimpses of her at different times - reveals more and more about the woman and what happened on the last day she was seen. As these unconnected people try to recollect what happened, each of them is fairly confident they know what they saw, but the story shifts with every new bit of information. We learn who these unreliable witnesses are and at what point in their lives we are meeting them. We also hear from the woman herself and gain some sense of how she got to where she did and what went on when there were no witnesses. The different versions of events slowly build to a disjointed version of who the woman was and what may have happened to her as the fragments of truth are drawn together. As well as a fascinating study of the impossibility of discovering one objective version of reality, 'gone' is a series of beautifully detailed vignettes of the intimate lives of an group of individuals, revealing their troubling secrets, their cruelties and their joys. Writer: Debbie Tucker Green has written freefall (shortlisted for a Prix Europa Award 2002); to swallow (2003) and handprint (2006) for BBC Radio. Most recently she wrote and directed heat for Hillbilly films, which was screened at The London Film Festival 2009. Other TV short film includes spoil (2007). Stage plays include random (Royal Court 2008 and 2010); generations (Young Vic 2007); trade (RSC 2005), stoning mary (Royal Court 2005); Born Bad (Hampstead 2003) and Dirty Butterfly (Soho 2003). She won the Olivier Award for Most Promising Newcomer in 2004. Written by Debbie Tucker Green. Drama about a young woman who goes missing.