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Hollywood, 1947. Aimee is horrified to discover her fiancé, Dennis, works in a pets' cemetery. But can she find true happiness with her other suitor, senior mortician Mr Joyboy? Starring Rupert Graves and Miranda Richardson. Evelyn Waugh's 1948 satire on the American way of death. Dramatised by Bill Matthews. Dennis Barlow .... Rupert Graves Aimee Thanatogenous .... Miranda Richardson Mr Joyboy .... Richard Griffiths Sir Ambrose Abercrombie .... Donald Pickering The Guru Brahmin .... Mike McShane Reverend Bartholomew .... Garrick Hagon Mr Schultz .... Graham Hoadly Mrs Joyboy .... Elaine Ives-Cameron Rhoda .... Sue Broomfield Porter .... David Bannerman Producer: Lissa Evans First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1990.