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Ronald Frame - The Shell House
4 Extra Debut. In 1972, a scientist appoints a Czech architect to build her a house in Suffolk. The resulting building is set to haunt them. Stars Sylvestra Le Touzel.
Ronald Frame's play tells the story of an unusual romance. In 1972, a spinster scientist with private means meets an exiled Czech architect whose career has stalled. She offers him a commission for a weekend house on some land she owns on the Suffolk coast. The strange, daring and beautiful building that results will haunt their lives.
Barbara ...... Sylvestra Le Touzel
Jaromir ...... Struan Rodger.
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