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Haunting Julia, Stephen Joseph Theatre
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A Christmas treat from Stephen Joseph Theatre, this audio recording of Haunting Julia by Alan Ayckbourn is a simple ghost story.
Ayckbourn, an abiding favourite with audiences, voices the three male parts as well as directing a narrative in which a grieving father tries to establish why his musical-genius daughter Julia took her own life. It’s seasonal, intriguing and a potential collector’s item.
Always deeply rooted in an English middle class whose ways go largely unchallenged, his comedies are an easy escape from grim reality.
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