Two men, a single piece of music and a script that’s barely 40 minutes long. And yet when it was over I felt quite stunned; shaken and unnerved by a totally unexpected dramatic twist. I’d been so absorbed, thinking in my own clever way that I knew what was going to happen, that I understood what I was meant to think about the characters and what they were up to. But then, suddenly, all those expectations were blown apart. Address Unknown, adapted by Tim Dee from the book by Kressmann Taylor, was one of the most effective afternoon plays I’ve heard in a long time. If you missed it, I hope you’ll be inspired to Listen Again (it’ll be available on Radio Four, Afternoon Play, until next Thursday), as an extraordinary example of the power of radio to take over your mind and play with it. You may find the first ten minutes a little contrived, almost too knowing, too predictable, but it’s worth persisting.
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