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Underfoot in Show Business

Helene Hanff's fascinating and funny memoir about life on the edge of show business as she attempts to make her way as a playwright on Broadway. Starring Rosalie Craig.

Helene Hanff's fascinating and funny memoir about attempting to become a famous Broadway playwright.
Hanff is known to many for her best selling book "84 Charing Cross Road " but prior to that success she wrote about her life as a struggling writer on the fringes of show business. From great expectations about her career to the lows of attempting to keep a roof over her head; Helene's story is packed full of witty anecdotes about getting by on no money, the many other jobs she must do to survive plus a parade of fascinating characters she meets as she attempts to get taken seriously as a writer on Broadway

Helene Hanff ..... Rosalie Craig
Maxine Stuart ..... Antonia Bernath
Jacob Wilk/Frank Doel ..... Kerry Shale
Irving Caesar./ Lawrence Langner .... Nigel Lindsay
Theresa Helburn..... Laurel Lefkow
Joe Heidt/Gene Burr/Joey ..... Ian Dunnett Jnr
Lois/Helene's mother ..... Kerry Gooderson

Dramatised by Marcy Kahan
Directed by Sally Avens

A ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Studios Audio Production

57 minutes

Last on

Sun 18 May 2025 15:00

Broadcast

  • Sun 18 May 2025 15:00

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