The Birthday Party(1987)
It is Stanley's birthday, but the party he is given is not quite what he expects. [A BBC production broadcast on the Theatre Night series.]
Movie: The Birthday Party
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Stanley Webber
Meg Bowles
Nat Goldberg
Shamus McCann
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