The Last of a Dyin' Race
by Christina Reid
Produced by Susan Hogg
Broadcast 14 January 1986, Afternoon Play
In Northern Ireland, old ways of burying the dead collide with the new.
Cast:
Sarah.................................. Leila Webster
Agnes.................................. Sheila McGibbon
Johnnie................................ Peter Adair
Madge.................................. Maureen Dow
Dave................................... Peter Quigley
Florence............................... Heidi Reid
Female Mourner......................... Catherine Gibson
Male Mourner........................... Michael Duffy
Sergeant............................... B.J. Hogg
Undertaker............................. David Coyle
Joe.................................... Derek Halligan
Sharon................................. Frances Quinn
Young female/Mourner................... Olivia Nash
The play won a Giles Cooper Award as one of the Best Radio Plays of 1986. A television production of the play aired in 1987 as part of the ÔFirst SightÕ series on BritainÕs Channel 4.
192/44; 75.1 MB; sound quality very good
The encode has no end credits and some slight radio interference in the background
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