Posted by Simon Dakin on May 21, 2004 at 09:02:34 from 195.92.168.173 user dakin80.
In Reply to: Prince Alamayou posted by Peter R on May 20, 2004 at 16:33:12:
The play is still online as of today (friday) at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/ram/afternoonplay_mon.ram
If it disappears before you get the chance to listen then I've got a copy.
In the opening words of the play Prince Alamayou says:
"It's the 20th of October 1879. I'm lying in my bed at 1 Hollin Lane Far Headingly, Leeds where I lodge with my tutor, Professor Cyril Ransome"
In the background various voices are discussing his illness and saying it could be pneumonia or pleurosy.
Thus he wasn't found dead in the WC and it implies he passed away in bed at the house.
Simon