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A Stuga On the Cusp of the Orust Riviera, tucked away next to a hobbit hole in the woods.
Our Mutual Friend
bookshelves: britain-england, fraudio, play-dramatisation, victorian, published-1865, classic, winter20092010
This Radio 4 adaption is good enough for an enjoyable taster but I still need to read the book. There must be oh so much genius lying on the cutting room floor after shoe-horning this into 20 fifteen minute episodes.
THE DETAILS:
Adaptation by Mike Walker of Charles Dickens' classic novel.
A father and daughter on the Thames at night, and tied to their boat a lifeless shape bobs in the water.
Charles Dickens ...... Alex Jennings
Bella Wilfer ...... Daisy Haggard
Lizzie Hexam ...... Lizzy Watts
John Rokesmith ...... Carl Prekopp
Eugene Wrayburn ...... Patrick Kennedy
Mortimer Lightwood ...... Matt Addis
Nicodemus Boffin ...... Jason Watkins
Mrs Boffin ...... Pauline Quirke
Pa Wilfer ...... Philip Fox
Ma Wilfer ...... Annabelle Dowler
Charlie Hexam ...... Adam Arnold
Gaffer Hexam ...... Malcolm Tierney
Silas Wegg ...... Lee Ross
Aenus Venus ...... Stephen Hogan
Rogue Riderhood ...... Jamie Foreman
With Paul Rider and Janice Acquah.
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole and Jeremy Mortimer
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