Afternoon Play - Two-Pipe Problems - A Streetcar Named Revenge

Plays by Michael Chaplin, set in The Old Beeches, a retirement home for elderly thespians. Inmates William and Sandy still nurse a certain affectionate animosity towards one another since they starred as Holmes and Watson in a 1960s television series. William and Sandy are haunted by the return of two characters from the past. Sandy becomes amorously involved through the medium of a shared passion for crosswords. Sandy Boyle ...... Stanley Baxter William Parnes ...... Richard Briers Hatty Doran ...... Edna Dore Angel Hosmer ...... Linda Broughton Mary Winter ...... Jillie Meers Edgar ...... David Shaw-Parker Karen ...... Tracy Wiles Ronnie Adair ...... Nickolas Grace Marie Devine ...... Susan Wooldridge Hugo Oberstein ...... Rad Lazar Directed by Marilyn Imrie A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4.