Episode 2
Michael Frayn decides to turn the tables. He tells listeners he will now become a fraudster. He apparently continues his research. No one has any idea that he now knows the secret!
Forged documents. Now, differently, Frayn continues the duping. Truth and fiction, hard to separate.
Finally, thankfully, Michael admits he discovered all. And had pretended he hadn鈥檛. He confesses to deception in reverse. David Burke says, 鈥楶eople will believe anything; they prefer to believe the unlikely.鈥�
Frayn (and Burke) bare their souls.
Celia鈥檚 Secret is a bizarre drama of narration and ensemble - a true story. How near we always are to thin ice. Questions of authenticity, art and life abound.
A literary hall of mirrors
Cast
Celia 鈥�.. Janie Dee
Michael Frayn 鈥�.. Alex Jennings
David Burke ..鈥� Roger Allam
Michael Blakemore ..鈥� Peter Forbes
Jurgen/Trevor 鈥�.. Matthew Wolf
Sara Kestelman ..鈥� Herself
Matthew Marsh ..鈥� Himself
Sound Design: Olly Thompson. Mark Holden.
Music composed and played by A-Mnemonic
Directed by Martin Jarvis
Produced by Rosalind Ayres
A Jarvis & Ayres production for 麻豆社 Radio 4
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