2. Rival

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Hollywood, 1947. Two men are in love with Aimee Thanatogenous. One is the handsome English poet, Dennis Barlow. The other is her boss at the Whispering Glades Funeral Home, senior mortician Mr Joyboy. Who can Aimee turn to for advice ...? 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 Mrs Joyboy .... Elaine Ives-Cameron Mr Schultz .... Graham Hoadly Rhoda .... Sue Broomfield Boatman .... Simon Treves Producer: Lissa Evans First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1990.