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THE CLASSIC SERIAL
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Sunday 3.00-4.00pm, repeated Saturday 9.00-10.00pm
Works which have achieved classic status - or are on their way to achieving it. |
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Sunday 30 November 2008
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, part 1 of 2
By Victor Hugo, dramatised by Alex Bulmer
A collaboration between the BBC and Graeae, the disabled-led theatre company. This dramatisation has involved disabled writers and a cast that includes leading Deaf actor David Bower (Sign Dance Collective, Four Weddings and a Funeral) as Quasimodo and up-and-coming Romany actress and writer Candis Nergaard as Esmeralda.
1/2. Quasimodo, the hunchbacked deaf outcast, hides away in the bell tower of Notre Dame Cathedral, friendless and ashamed of his appearance. When the bewitching gypsy Esmeralda arrives in Paris, Quasimodo falls in love with her from afar.
Quasimodo ...... David Bower
Esmerelda ...... Candis Nergaard
Frollo ...... Kevin Doyle
Madame Poutine ...... Susan Twist
Madame La Fayette ...... Rita May
Phoebus ...... Joseph Kloska
Mikael Leduc ...... Roger Morlidge
George ...... Garry Robson
Guillaume ...... Terence Mann
Director Polly Thomas. |
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Saturday 29 November 2008
The Good Soldier Svejk, part 2 of 2
Dramatisation by Christopher Reason of the satirical Czech novel by Jaroslav Hasek that charts the exploits of a WWI soldier..
Svejk and Lukas are sent to the front in disgrace, but Svejk gets waylaid by a gallery of grotesques.
Svejk ...... Sam Kelly
Lukas ...... Adrian Lukis
Dub ...... Nicholas Blane
Choudounski ...... Malcolm Raeburn
Marek ...... Howard Chadwick
Police Sergeant ...... James Quinn
Von Schwarzberg ...... Stuart Richman
Baloun ...... Eric Potts
Lance Corporal ...... Mark Chatterton
The Maid ...... Szilvi Naray Davey
Vodicka ...... Bernard Wrigley
Other parts played by members of the cast.
Directed by Gary Brown.
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