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My lunch with Frank

Ep 1 - GREAT EXPECTATIONS

Season 1, Ep. 1
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The theatre director Lester Loveless is preparing to meet Frank Williams, his beloved playwright and the author of the acclaimed and multi-award-winning British musical which Lester is about to put on stage in Paris. The excitement and the expectation build to a crescendo, as he and his young French producer, Augustin Leparfait, arrive for the lunch in London and meet the celebrated dramatist and music composer.

 

Cast:

Kester Lovelace - Lester

Oscar Lesage - Augustin

Julie Kalya - Simone

Nicholas Mead - Dominique

David Stanley - Frank

Sarah Tullamore - Michelle and the Waitress

 

Written by Kester Lovelace

Sound design, mixing & postproduction by Laurent Paulré

Produced and directed by Joanna Szybist


Music:

Dance of Slow Waters by Federico Mosconi, Album: Dreamers and Tides

Pearls from the deep by Zdeněk Liška, Album: Malá mořská víla (Original Soundtrack)

Radio Burning Chrome by Showroom Recordings, album Series #2

Sehnsucht nach Heimweh, feat. Maik Willing & Botox Lucas Chor by Hematic Sunsets, Album: Aroma Club Adieu

Tell me it's not true, feat. Barbara Dickson by Willy Russell, Album: Blood Brothers: The 1995 London Cast Recording

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  • 3. Ep 3 - HAND IN HAND

    13:11||Season 1, Ep. 3
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  • 4. Ep 4 - FOOL’S GAME

    16:18||Season 1, Ep. 4
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