SNT-1982-01-09 - Albert Campion - Case of the Late Pig (Allingham).txt
Case of the Late Pig
9.1.1982 - Saturday Night Theatre
James Snell, Cyril Shaps, Hayden Wood, Gerrard Greene; Amanda Murray. Dramatised by Gregory Evans. Directed by Brian Miller
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THE CASE OF THE LATE PIG
Hodder & Stoughton, May or June 1937
'Pig' Peters was the bully who had made Albert Campion's life a misery at prep. school. And Peters is definitely dead. Campion had attended his funeral. So how could he have died again, six months later? The investigation takes Campion back to rural Suffolk, but this is a very different affair from the early picaresque adventures like Mystery Mile and Sweet Danger. The Case of the Late Pig is a black comedy, and the author's unerring light touch - the story is, uniquely, told by Campion himself - neatly contrasts the drama and the humour.
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Additional Notes by Snuffbox at RA.cc
The Case of The Late Pig
by Margery Allingham [published in 1937].
Dramatised for radio by Gregory Evans.
Amateur sleuth Albert Campion's 'man', Lugg, comes across the Times obituary of an old school nemesis of Campion, one R. I. Peters, aka 'Pig'. Remarkably, an anonymous letter inviting Campion to the funeral has also appeared in the morning post. R. I. 'Pig' Peters is dead. So says the doctor that treated him ...
85 minutes. Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 9th January 1982 @ 8:30 p.m. (Saturday Night Theatre)
Another one collected from thegreatgildersleeve.net [tips hat]
Note : there was a previous torrent [now defunct] of this play, which was incorrectly titled 'The Curse Of The Late Pig'
Cast :
Albert Campion : James Snell
Lugg : Cyril Shaps
Gilbert Whippet : Haydn Wood
Janet Pursuivant : Diana Bishop
Sir Leo Pursuivant : Garrard Green
Kingston : David McAllister
Poppy : Judy Franklin
Effie : Amanda Murray
Inspector Pewsey : Christopher Scott
Hayhoe : Phillip [?]
Parson / Pepper : Michael Drew
Faringdon : Paul Nicholson
Directed in Bristol by Brian Miller.
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