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.
- Quartermaine ...... Michael Palin
- Anita ...... Francesca Faridany
- Mark ...... James Fleet
- Eddie ...... Clive Francis
- Derek ...... Andrew Lincoln
- Henry ...... David Yelland
- Melanie ...... Harriet Walter
- Producer Catherine Bailey
- Director Maria Aitken