Peter O'Toole Is Unwell
Rob Brydon stars as Peter O'Toole in award winning playwright Terry Johnson's debut drama for Radio 4, on the triumphs and tragedies of O'Toole's career. With very strong language.
Rob Brydon stars as Peter O'Toole in award winning playwright Terry Johnson's debut drama for BBC Radio 4. With very strong language.
The play explores the high point of O'Toole's career on stage in Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell in 1999, along with his disastrous performance of Macbeth in 1980 which was critically panned and greeted with universal derision.
Both productions took place at the Old Vic, where Terry Johnson's drama is set. It explores themes of success, failure, love, life, art, ageing, and the pain of coming to terms with who you really are.
Written and directed by Terry Johnson.
The script is partly adapted from Loitering With Intent by Peter O’Toole, with the kind permission of Kate O’Toole.
Peter O’Toole.................................. Rob Brydon
Trudie Styler.................................... Vic Blunt
Brian Blessed/Richard Burton.......... Alan Cox
Francis Tomelty................................ Muireann Ní Fhaogáin
Richard Harris/Timothy Ackroyd...... Luke Kempner
Timothy West/Ned Sherrin...............Alex Lowe
Sarah Berger.................................... Hattie Morahan
Other parts played by members of the cast.
Sound Design.................................. Ross Burman
Producer.......................................... David Morley
Executive Producer.......................... Kris Dyer
A Rakkit production for BBC Radio 4
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- Sat 31 Oct 202615:00BBC Radio 4
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