Graham Greene: Stamboul Train
As the Orient Express rattles its way through the volatile Europe of the 1930s, a motley group of people find themselves surrounded by intrigue, skulduggery and murderous politics.
Dramatised by Jeremy Front
Europe in the 1930s. A dangerous place to be. As the Orient Express rattles its way towards Constantinople, a motley group of people find themselves threatened by intrigue, skulduggery and murderous politics
Directed by Marc Beeby
Greene originally filed Stamboul Train under his 'entertainments' and admitted, in 1974, that he wrote it to make a bit of money. "In Stamboul Train for the first and last time in my life I deliberately set out to write a book to please, one which with luck might be made into a film. The devil looks after his own and I succeeded in both aims"
Set during the 1930's, Stamboul Train takes place upon the iconic Orient Express as it weaves its way through a snowy Europe. It focuses upon a group of travellers who each have a story or secret of their own and whose lives intertwine in a tense thriller. It is a heady cocktail of wit, adventure, mystery, and sexual intrigue. It's brilliantly exciting - people in cars race trains, there are shoot-outs, tense border crossings, interrogations, scamming, seducing, faking, performing, lying, and all of this happening to the backdrop of a journey through Europe.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Myatt | Joseph Millson |
Coral | Abbie Andrews |
Czinner | Sam Dale |
Josef | Nicholas Murchie |
Mabel | Jane Slavin |
Janet | Isabella Inchbald |
Petkovitch | Simon Ludders |
Ninitch | Samuel James |
Hartep | Philip Fox |
Mrs Peters | Ellie Darvill |
Mr Peters | Charlie Clements |
Actor | Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong |
Actor | Adam Fitzgerald |
Actor | Gary Duncan |
Actor | David Reakes |
Actor | Kath Weare |
Author | Graham Greene |
Adaptor | Jeremy Front |
Director | Marc Beeby |
Broadcast
- Sat 18 Nov 2017 14:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4