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Swan Song

Sunday 12 March 2006 18:30-18:50 (Radio 3)

By Anton Chekhov, translated by Michael Frayn.

Following his final performance in a run-down provincial theatre, an elderly Russian actor confronts his ghosts. Did he ever really have talent?

Duration:

20 minutes

Playlist:

The actor ...... Paul Scofield
The prompter ...... Alec McCowen

Director Martin Jenkins.




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