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ID
b237
Title
"Death of A Huntsman."
Genre
Novella
Page Count
73
Word Count
16700
Publisher
Argosy (UK)
Publication Year
1957
Document Types
Radio Dramatizations
Topics
Marriage, Love Triangle

A novella concerning an older man, his former lover (now "a boozy, bitchy, frowsy woman), and her beguiling daughter with whom he falls in love.

The story was adapted for BBC Radio (Home Service) by Peggy Wells in 1957 in a production starring James Thomason, Kathleen Helme, Sheila Grant and Joan Sanderson. Another adaptation for the BBC (Radio 4), again by Peggy Wells, was produced in 1973 starring Roger Delgado.

In Argosy (April 1957), Death of a Huntsman/Summer in Salander (1957), The Grapes of Paradise (1974), A Party for the Girls (1988).