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Rope by Patrick Hamilton

Two students think they've committed the perfect murder. Can anyone see through their terrible vanity? Stars Alan Rickman.

Two young undergraduates think they've committed the perfect murder.

To add piquancy to their crime, they invite the victim's father and other guests to a macabre dinner party.

Starring stage, screen and radio actor and director Alan Rickman who died ten years ago last month, aged 69.

Thriller designed to make your flesh creep - originally written for the stage by Patrick Hamilton.

Rupert Cadell …. Alan Rickman
Wyndham Brandon …. Adam Bareham
Charles Granillo …. Andrew Branch
Sir Johnstone Kentley …. Cyril Luckham
Leila Arden …. Moir Leslie
Kenneth Raglan …. Christopher Good
Sabot …. Olivier Pierre

Producer: John Tydeman

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in Saturday Night Theatre: Murder for Pleasure in December 1983.

1 hour, 15 minutes

Last on

Sun 22 Feb 202601:00

Broadcasts

  • Sun 21 Feb 201620:00
  • Sat 21 Feb 202606:00
  • Sat 21 Feb 202611:00
  • Sat 21 Feb 202617:00
  • Sun 22 Feb 202601:00