Lanark
Adaptation of Alasdair Gray's cult novel, which tells the stories of art student Duncan Thaw and Lanark, a man who finds himself in a strange yet familiar place, Unthank.
Dramatisation of Alasdair Gray's cult classic by Robin Brooks with Alasdair Gray.
First published in 1981, Lanark changed the face of Scottish literature for a generation and propelled the visual artist Alasdair Gray into the literary limelight.
It's a modern masterpiece that spans three worlds in four books, and tells the connected stories of Duncan Thaw - a student at Glasgow's Art School in the 1950s - and Lanark - a man who wakes to find himself in an unspecified period in the strange yet familiar place, Unthank.
Unthank is a city with no sun and no sense of time. It's an endless present, but there are ways to escape - people disappear mysteriously, others succumb to the strange diseases this peculiar form of hell generates. Lanark's escape will take him into another circle of hell where he'll hear the story of a life that was once his and where the life he now lives will change forever.
Starring Sandy Grierson, Melody Grove and Siobhan Redmond, with a guest appearance by Alasdair Gray.
Directed by Kirsty Williams.
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Role | Contributor |
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Lanark | Sandy Grierson |
Duncan | Sandy Grierson |
Rima | Melody Grove |
Marjorie | Melody Grove |
The Oracle | Siobhan Redmond |
Gloopy | James Anthony Pearson |
Ritchie Smollett | James Anthony Pearson |
Sludden | Robert Jack |
Kenneth | Robert Jack |
Gay | Claire Knight |
Peggy | Claire Knight |
Ozenfant | Finlay Welsh |
Father | Finlay Welsh |
Young Duncan | Sean Graham |
MacKenzie | Angela Darcy |
Midwife | Angela Darcy |
Arthur | Liam Brennan |
Young Sandy | Leo Graham |
Nastler | Alasdair Gray |
Author | Alasdair Gray |
Adaptor | Robin Brooks |
Director | Kirsty Williams |
Broadcasts
- Sat 1 Nov 2014 14:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Sat 7 Nov 2015 14:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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