Lifelike

NR (0 votes)• 1980• 60m•Released

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The producer and director are delighted with their television play about a comprehensive school. It seems truthful, authentic, really lifelike. But as rehearsals progress, a tense difference of opinion emerges between the author and the young schoolboy actor.

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Production Details

Languages: English

Director: Peter Bartlett

Starring Cast: Peter Clay, Alun Lewis, Matthew Guinness, Anny Tobin, Phil Rowlands, Rob Edwards

Cast

Peter Clay

Neil, TV producer

Alun Lewis

Andrew, TV director

Matthew Guinness

Martin, TV writer

Anny Tobin

Jenny, production secretary

Phil Rowlands

Ben, production assistant

Rob Edwards

Malcolm, actor

Jennifer Lonsdale

Julie, actress

John Ringham

Paul Bennett, actor

Paul Easom

Alan, a teenager

Jason Kemp

Piers, a teenager

Maureen Nelson

First chaperone

Sally Lewis

Second chaperone

Craig McFarlane

Damien

Paul Tropea

The Storer

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