Afternoon Play - Rumpole and the Eternal Triangle

By John Mortimer. Dramatised by Richard Stoneman. When Rumpole and Hilda attend a concert performed by The Casterini Trio, Rumpole is surprised to be approached by Elizabeth Casterini - the trio's beautiful violinist. Rumpole falls for her charms. But then, the Trio's cellist, Tom Randall is murdered. Elizabeth's husband Desmond was supposedly suspicious of Randall's feelings for Elizabeth. And, since he owned the gun that was found by the body, Desmond is arrested. Flattered by Elizabeth's seductive pleas, Rumpole agrees to defend Desmond at the Old Bailey. But there, Rumpole's admiration for Elizabeth rapidly begins to wane. Older Rumpole ..... Timothy West Young Rumpole ..... Benedict Cumberbatch Hilda/Dorothy Clapton ..... Cathy Sara Elizabeth Casterini ..... Faye Castelow Desmond Casterini/Henry ..... Adrian Scarborough Bonny Bernard/Peter Matheson ..... Matthew Morgan Claude Erskine-Brown/DS Straw ..... Nigel Anthony Sam Ballard ..... Michael Cochrane Oliver Oliphant/Barman ..... Geoffrey Whitehead Christopher Peek/Waiter/Usher/Alfred ..... Stephen Critchlow Directed by Marilyn Imrie. A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4.