In the Native State is a radio play by Tom Stoppard. It was first broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 20 April 1991. The play won a Giles Cooper Award and Felicity Kendal won a Sony Award for Best Performance. It was Peggy Ashcroft's final performance.
Plot[]
A story alternating between 1930's India and Britain in 1990. The intertwined lives of an Indian painter and a British family.
Cast[]
- Mrs. Swan - Peggy Ashcroft
- Flora Crewe - Felicity Kendal
- Nirad Das - Sam Dastor
- Anish Das - Lyndam Gregory
- The Rajah - Saeed Jaffrey
- Mr. Pike - William Hootkins
- Captain David Durance - Simon Treves
- Mr. Coomaraswami - Renu Setna
- The Resident - Brett Usher
- Francis Swan - Mark Straker
- Nazrul - Amerjit Deu
- Nell - Emma Gregory
Directed by John Tydeman
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Availability[]
The play is now available on the BBC CD Tom Stoppard Radio Plays.