Dinner with Dylan by Jon Canter
Three Bobaholics 鈥� people addicted to all things Bob Dylan - meet to chat about life鈥檚 meaning and Dylan. Stars Richard Curtis.
"My name鈥檚 Jon Canter and I鈥檓 a Bobaholic. That means I鈥檓 addicted to the songs and mystery of Bob Dylan. But it鈥檚 an addiction from which I never want to recover, because it鈥檚 sustained and nourished and challenged me for nearly 50 years.
There are millions of people like me and this play is dedicated to them. But it鈥檚 also dedicated to the people who know and love Bobaholics and have to live with their addiction, which isn鈥檛 always easy."
Drama about three grown men - Bobaholics - who meet in a restaurant to chat about the meaning of life and Dylan.
It's set in 2017, in the week when Dylan played a series of shows at the London Palladium and after an accidental meeting between playwright Jon Canter and writer and producer Richard Curtis.
This is what happened next....
Himself ...... Richard Curtis
Himself ...... Kerry Shale
Himself ...... Lucas Hare
Herself ...... Eileen Atkins
Sam ...... Akbar Kurtha
Director: Clive Brill
A Brill production for 麻豆社 Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2021.
On radio
Broadcasts
Sat 22 May 2021 15:00麻豆社 Radio 4- Fri 28 Jun 2024 15:00麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
- Fri 28 Jun 2024 21:00麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 29 Jun 2024 05:00麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 24 May 2025 15:00麻豆社 Radio 4 FM
- Next Monday 15:00麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
- Next Monday 21:00麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
- Tue 19 May 2026 05:00麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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