Afternoon Play - A Nice Little Holiday

By Sarah Wooley 1961. The South of France. On holiday with his mistress, Jocelyn Rickards, John Osborne has embarked on a passionate affair with his future third wife while, in London, Osborne's current wife gives birth to a son. From the idyllic French farmhouse, Osborne penned his infamous 'Damn you, England' letter which caused such a furore back home that they found themselves under siege and their nice little holiday turned into a nightmare -with Osborne only just escaping alive. Jocelyn Rickards ... Tracy Wiles John Osborne ... Robin Laing Tony Richardson ... Tobias Menzies Christopher Isherwood .. Richard Greenwood Don Bachardy ... James Anthony Pearson Major ... Matthew Zajac Directed by Gaynor Macfarlane.