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1. Mediocre Poet and Bad Verse

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The 1960s misadventures of a drunken poet in a world of chaos - and bad verse. Stars Philip Glenister and Valerie Edmond.

Enderby, mediocre poet sans pareil bursts onto an unsuspecting world, scattering bread crumbs and bad verse.

Misadventures abound as Enderby becomes the bemused recipient of the attentions of the lovely Vesta Bainbridge.

Stars Philip Glenister and Valerie Edmond.

Classic 1960s acerbic comedy by Anthony Burgess.

Dramatised in two parts by Jim Poyser.

Enderby .... Philip Glenister
Vesta .... Valerie Edmond
Rawcliffe .... Russell Dixon
Harry .... David Fleeshman
Stepmother ...... Ann Rye
Mrs Meldrum .... Pauline Jefferson
Walpole .... Malcolm Raebum
Nurse .... Liz Stooke

All other parts played by members of the cast.

Director: Polly Thomas

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in March 2001.

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