Drama on 3: A Patriot for Me, by John Osborne

The first radio adaptation, by Philip Osment, of John Osborne's landmark play, marking 50 years since its opening. Its narrative - which caused it to be banned by the official censor of the time - focuses on Alfred Redl, an officer in the Austro-Hungarian intelligence service in the 1890s whose homosexuality made him a target for blackmail and persecution. The play is not only a sweeping epic but also an angry plea for tolerance and a condemnation of hypocrisy that is arguably as relevant now as it was to Osborne in 1965. With Bette Bourne, Peter Egan, Joshua Elliott, Richard Goulding, Martin Hutson, Peter Moreton, Michael Pennington, Alana Ramsey, Amanda Root, Simon Shackleton, Daniel Weyman and Matt Whitchurch. Adapted by Philip Osment.