Quartermaine's Terms

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Play by Simon Gray.

[edit] Plot

St John (pronounced 'Sinjon') Quartermaine is a teacher whose life is lived vicariously in the confines of a staffroom in a Cambridge school for teaching English to foreigners. Set in the 1960s, it deals with the concerns of seven teachers over several years and in particular the progress of Quartermaine, a lonely man and ineffective teacher.

[edit] Productions and adaptations

It was adapted as a radio play on BBC Radio 4 on Saturday 17 June 2006.