british television play broadcast evening january sunday night play strand written directed production featured young american folk music singer bob_dylan soon major musical star play electronic video cameras recorded film tape known copy play standard practice time despite fact lead actor famous extensive searches bbc partial audio recordings songs sung survive plot play set english boarding house locks room leaving note stating decided retire world world changed sister try establish problem action punctuated songs performed bob_dylan production commissioned sunday night play strand running play written wrote films funeral berlin directed seen bob_dylan performing new_york_city december year contracted come london weeks star castle street spite complete lack acting training experience performer trip outside north_america originally supposed played leading role play rehearsals apparent lacked ability learn lines stating express song time keeping smoke keen include jones structured play create characters original hired perform actor hired play main acting role performed songs commenting action manner greek chorus new character bobby essentially playing conclusion play performed wind major public performances song play planned recorded session december overran technical operating manager told cast crew home willing complete filming london grip major possible arrange session january play completed transmitted january cast information reverend songs wind opening closing credits replacing song written cut love performed hang hang bird ballad swan heard singing wind spanish pairs early morning whilst singer staying house hang hang bird traditional folk songs altered words jones provided original lyrics ballad swan rewrote performance reception play described times strange free piece man said goodbye world simply shut room reviewer added strange unpredictable world jones aid excellent cast miss miss particularly good haunting songs bob_dylan brought life observer reports play got reviews according folk singer adding reviewer listener noted sat playing singing little usual method bbc television drama production time play produced multi camera electronic studio video cameras recorded film master released copy play known exist photographs scripts production survive amateur air reel reel audio tape recordings songs bbc launched search video recording play audio recordings songs air audio copy exist april bbc broadcast documentary making play arena strand featuring interviews jones collector broadcast songs play november broadcast documentary narrated visit london making play
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