Heathcote Williams - Hancock's Last Half Hour
Richard Briers stars as Tony Hancock - alone, far from home and whose only audience by 1968 is press clippings and bottles of vodka.
An imagining of the comedy legend alone in a Sydney hotel room on the day he died, with a book of newspaper cuttings, a telephone and a bottle of vodka for company. In a tour de force performance Richard Briers plays his great comedy hero, Tony Hancock, looking back over the highs and lows of his career. Heathcote Williams's play reveals a comedy genius, tormented by his own desire to improve himself. A desire which overwhelmed him, when he tragically took his own life in June 1968.
Produced by Ned Chaillet for 成人快手 Radio 3 in 1988.
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- Fri 27 Apr 2012 11:15成人快手 Radio 4 Extra
- Fri 27 Apr 2012 21:15成人快手 Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 28 Apr 2012 04:15成人快手 Radio 4 Extra
- Wed 6 Feb 2013 11:15成人快手 Radio 4 Extra
- Wed 6 Feb 2013 21:15成人快手 Radio 4 Extra
- Thu 7 Feb 2013 04:15成人快手 Radio 4 Extra
- Christmas Day 2013 21:20成人快手 Radio 4 Extra
- Tue 28 Oct 2014 11:15成人快手 Radio 4 Extra
- Tue 28 Oct 2014 21:15成人快手 Radio 4 Extra
- Wed 29 Oct 2014 04:15成人快手 Radio 4 Extra
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