Philip Davison Eureka Dune

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DRAMA ON ONE: Eureka Dunes   RTÉ Radio 1 - Ist tx - 23 AUG 2019   by Philip Davison   Magnus tries to solve a mystery - his father. Family life is rarely a family show, thank God; yet, within the oddity of the Sparling household, perverseness has the politest table-manners. With a backstairs genealogy that's biblical in its mix of misfits and mountebanks, EUREKA DUNES focuses on a father-son relationship in which it's hard to tell who's the fugitive and who's the refugee.  With Nick Dunning as Magnus Sparling and Barry McGovern as the paterfamilas Edwin. Cast and Production Credits Nick Dunning (Magnus) Ingrid Craigie (Stella) Deirdre Donnelly (Charlotte) Barry McGovern (Edwin) Joe Taylor (New/Detective Richie) Derbhle Crotty (Irene) Sound Supervision and Sound Design: Damian Chennells Producer: Aidan Mathews Whitehall civil servant Magnus Sparling is called home to Dublin because Edwin, his father, has been accused of attempting to poison his wife. Magnus does a thorough job interrogating his father. He is discreet, patient and pragmatic, but Edwin resolutely refuses to confess. Why is Magnus convinced of Edwin’s guilt, his aunt Charlotte asks. Magnus tells Charlotte a story that has long been suppressed in the family: an account of a few extraordinary and precious days in the past when he accompanied his father on a clandestine journey beyond the Mojave Desert to meet Edwin’s blood-mother. The more Magnus probes for the truth about the attempted poisoning, the greater is his need to relinquish old fears. What he fails to anticipate is that Charlotte, a secret fantasist, has important news to add. A compelling tale of family secrets, and love lost and regained, by a writer at the height of his powers.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

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would have been much more enjoyable had they spoken clearer.

Kaye Mattinson

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