Don Quixote
4 Extra Debut. The comedy trio’s take on the classic tome, the quest of peasant Sancho and a would-be knight. Stars Sylvester McCoy. From 2018.
Published in two volumes in the early 17th Century, Cervantes' Spanish classic Don Quixote is famous as the world's first modern novel.
It's a ground-breaking piece of art that influenced countless generations of writers and at 800 plus pages of dense prose, one of the most unreadable novels ever.
Never fear! David Reed has read it so that you don't have to and condensed this mighty tome into an hour's rip-roaring entertainment.
It's a meditation on the age of chivalry, insanity and truth. A quest of windmills, magic and donkeys.
Join peasant Sancho and the man who thinks he's a Knight as they travel together locked together in a quest to save those who don't want saving and unravel enchantments which may or may not only exist in their minds.
Sylvester McCoy stars as Don Quixote.
Sancho ...... Thom Tuck
Narrator ...... Amanda Abbington
All other roles played by The Penny Dreadfuls:
Humphrey Ker
David Reed
Thom Tuck
And:
Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Vivienne Acheampong
Producer: Julia McKenzie
A Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Studios production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2018.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Narrator | Amanda Abbington |
Don Quixote | Sylvester McCoy |
Sancho Panza | Thom Tuck |
Various | Humphrey Ker |
Various | David Reed |
Various | Margaret Cabourn-Smith |
Various | Vivienne Acheampong |
Producer | Julia McKenzie |
Writer | David Reed |
Broadcasts
- Sat 25 Aug 2018 14:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Sun 7 Jun 2020 15:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Thu 23 Dec 2021 22:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Christmas Day 2021 14:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Boxing Day 2021 02:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra