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Lieutenant Conde鈥檚 suspension is lifted so he can cover the case of a Cuban 茅migr茅 who has disappeared. Starring Zubin Varla.

by Leonardo Padura
dramatised by Joy Wilkinson

Lieutenant Mario Conde has been suspended for taking a well-deserved pop at a fellow officer. But Major Rangel is short of staff and has to call Conde in for a case involving the disappearance of a Cuban with U.S. citizenship who has come home to visit his family. The final story in the Havana Quartet.

Cast:

Mario Conde ..... Zubin Varla
Rangel ..... David Westhead
Manolo ..... Lanre Malaolu
Josefina ..... Lorna Gayle
Skinny ..... Ben Crowe
Tamara ..... Adjoa Andoh
Andres ..... Ian Conningham
Rabbit ..... Monty D'Inverno
Fermin ..... Shaun Mason
Friguens/ Alfonso Forcade ..... John Rowe
Gomez ..... Cyril Nri
Miriam ...... Anna Madeley
Adrian ..... Nicholas Pinnock
Molina .... Sam Dale

directed by Mary Peate

Leonardo Padura is a novelist and journalist who was born in 1955 in Havana where he still lives. He has published a number of short-story collections and literary essays but he is best known internationally for the Havana Quartet series, all featuring Inspector Mario Conde.

In 1998, Padura won the Hammett Prize from the International Association of Crime Writers and in 2012, he was awarded the National Prize for Literature, Cuba's national literary award.

1 hour

Last on

Sat 6 Jun 2020 15:00

Credits

Role Contributor
Mario Conde Zubin Varla
Rangel David Westhead
Manolo Lanre Malaolu
Josefina Lorna Gayle
Skinny Ben Crowe
Tamara Adjoa Andoh
Tamara Ian Conningham
Rabbit Monty d'Inverno
Fermin Shaun Mason
Friguens John Rowe
Alfonso Forcade John Rowe
Gomez Cyril Nri
Miriam Anna Madeley
Adrian Nicholas Pinnock
Adrian Sam Dale
Author Leonardo Padura
Adaptor Jennifer Howarth
Director Mary Peate

Broadcasts

  • Sat 6 Dec 2014 14:30
  • Thu 10 Jan 2019 10:00
  • Thu 10 Jan 2019 15:00
  • Fri 11 Jan 2019 03:00
  • Sat 6 Jun 2020 15:00

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