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to awaken a love of God in all the islanders. His landlady on the island, Miss Dredger, quickly becomes a devout follower of his teachings, and even agrees to allow the person she hates the most, Miss George, to stay in her house. As Pye does good works, he gradually feels a stinging feeling on his
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He engages in some deliberately malicious acts, and after a time this results in him growing horns on his forehead. He is unable to decide what to do, but eventually decides to reveal his horned condition to the islanders, who chase him to the edge of a cliff, from which he flies, using his wings.
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and broadcast by the BBC on 10 July 1957. It was a 60-minute radio play, produced by Francis Dillon. The script for this radio play is printed in the book
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back. On further investigation, he discovers that he has started to grow angel's wings, and after consulting with a
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doctor, he concludes that the best thing to do is to stop doing good deeds, and instead does bad deeds.
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on 22 and 29 December 2019 as two 60-minute episodes, directed by Frank Stirling.
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was adapted into a radio play by New Generation poet and playwright
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was adapted into a radio play, by the author, retitled
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Index


Mervyn Peake
Heinemann
Mervyn Peake
Heinemann
Channel Island
Sark
Harley Street
Heinemann
Allison and Busby
Penguin Books
Glyn Maxwell
BBC Radio 4
Mr Pye (TV series)
Mr Pye
Channel 4
Derek Jacobi
Judy Parfitt
Betty Marsden
Richard O'Callaghan
Sark
Peake STUDIES (the periodical dedicated to the life and work of Peake): Peake in Print (Part e)
"MR PYE adapted in 2 parts for BBC R4 by GLYN MAXWELL"
"2nd March 1986 | Channel 4 broadcasts Sark-based Mr Pye"
Review of Mr. Pye
Categories
1953 British novels
1953 fantasy novels
Allison and Busby books
Sark

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