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hpuphd's review
4.0
A family harbors and protects its rationalism even in the face of a seeming miracle. The play shows, paradoxically, how we need both to “spoil our certainties” and to nourish our faith.
lnatal's review
4.0
From BBC Radio 4:
'The potting shed? Something awful happened there once.'
The psychological drama centers on a secret held by the Callifer family for nearly thirty years.
The patriarch of the family is dying and James, his estranged son, appears unexpectedly. He can remember nothing about a mysterious moment that occurred in the family's potting shed when he was 14 years old. Family members who recall the event are unwilling to describe it to him. With the help of a psychoanalyst, James tries to recall just what happened that day that left him rejected by his father, alienated from his family, and alone in the world.
Adapted for radio by Peggy Wells
Produced by John Powell
Mrs Mary Callifer: Sybil Thorndike
John, her eldest son: John Justin
Anne, John's daughter: Cbrys Salt
James Callifer, brother of John: Robert Harris
Sara, James's former wife: Jill Balcon
Fr William Callifer, uncle of John and James: Henry Stamper
Dr Frederick Baston: Ronald Herdman
Dr Kreuzer: Harold Kasket
Corner: Brian Hewlett
Mrs Potter: Marjorie Forsyth
Miss Connolly: Anna Burden
https://archive.org/details/ThePottingShedGrahamGreene20031967
'The potting shed? Something awful happened there once.'
The psychological drama centers on a secret held by the Callifer family for nearly thirty years.
The patriarch of the family is dying and James, his estranged son, appears unexpectedly. He can remember nothing about a mysterious moment that occurred in the family's potting shed when he was 14 years old. Family members who recall the event are unwilling to describe it to him. With the help of a psychoanalyst, James tries to recall just what happened that day that left him rejected by his father, alienated from his family, and alone in the world.
Adapted for radio by Peggy Wells
Produced by John Powell
Mrs Mary Callifer: Sybil Thorndike
John, her eldest son: John Justin
Anne, John's daughter: Cbrys Salt
James Callifer, brother of John: Robert Harris
Sara, James's former wife: Jill Balcon
Fr William Callifer, uncle of John and James: Henry Stamper
Dr Frederick Baston: Ronald Herdman
Dr Kreuzer: Harold Kasket
Corner: Brian Hewlett
Mrs Potter: Marjorie Forsyth
Miss Connolly: Anna Burden
https://archive.org/details/ThePottingShedGrahamGreene20031967
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