A Dangerous Mistake
The clandestine printing press has been installed under the cover of a rabbit breeding business, but then Laura makes a dangerous mistake.
Laura Alcoba's powerful and moving account of growing up among the militant Montoneros group in the 'dirty war' in Argentina in the 1970s.
As the Rabbit House is up and running, with a clandestine printing press installed under the cover of a rabbit breeding business, the young Laura, despite being only seven, knows the importance of secrecy and silence. A visit to her father in prison proves too much for her to cope with, and her grandparents decide its too dangersous for her to go again.
Then the Engineer, who's built the complex secret mechanism fior hiding the printing press, finds Laura's school blazer with an incriminatory name tape, and accuses her of putting the entire operation in danger. Poor Laura is shattered.
Adult Laura: Saira Todd
Young Laura: Bethan Barke
Mother: Jenny Coverack
Father: Jay Villiers
Grandmother: Merelina Kendall
Grandfather: Rod Beacham
Diana: Lisa Coleman
Engineer: Vincenzo Pellegrino
Chicha: Sonia Elliman
Shopkeeper/Guard: Charlotte Ellis
Producer: Sara Davies
The Rabbit House by Laura Alcoba is translated by Polly McClean and dramatised for radio by Sheila Yeger.
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- Thu 20 May 2010 10:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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