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Cariad Lloyd celebrates Olivia Colman Day with Sarah Naomi Lee's 'Dewey Eyed', and 'Five Wedding Dresses: True Love' by Katie Hims.

Olivia Colman Day is the nation's newest national holiday, in which people up and down the land celebrate the actor Olivia Colman.

Across Radio 4 Extra on Monday 26th August, Cariad will pick choice programmes from the 麻豆约拍 Archives, and hear from Colman's friends, fans and colleagues.

In this third chapter, we hear two plays starring Olivia.

'Five Wedding Dresses: True Love' is about a bride who cannot bear to take off her wedding dress.

And 'Dewey Eyed' meets a woman who works in a library, who uses the Dewey Decimal System to guide her mother through life.

Both plays were directed by Jessica Dromgoole, who joins Cariad to discuss when she first met Olivia Colman and why she loves working with her.

Olivia Colman Day is produced by Chris Pearson.

Full programme credits:

Five Wedding Dresses: True Love

Maggie .... Olivia Colman
Eric .... Trystan Gravelle
Air Steward .... Gunnar Cauthery
Writer: Katie Hims
Director: Jessica Dromgoole

Dewey Eyed

Philippa .... Olivia Colman
Vera .... Sheila Reid
Sheila .... Caroline Guthrie
Alistair .... Paul Rider
Writer: Sarah Naomi Lee
Director: Jessica Dromgoole

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