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Episode 3

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Hugh’s cousin James and the beautiful Madame Claudia have both left him alone on the mountain. But both are soon to return, with fatal consequences.

Hugh’s cousin James and the beautiful Madame Claudia have both left the sanatorium, but both are soon to return, with fatal consequences.

Hugh is now deep in the enchantment of the Mountain. If he is ever to escape, he will have to undergo a dreadful vision and a terrifying supernatural experience.

Thomas Mann’s novel is a literary icon, a tragi-comedy, a masterpiece of deep thought, sly irony, sex, love and death.

Cast:
Narrator ..... Lucy Robinson
Hugh Casthorpe ..... Luke Thallon
James Simpson ..... Hugh Skinner
Doctor Crowmarsh ..... Sandy Grierson
Professor Jones ..... Richard Harrington
Clauda Civet ..... Genevieve Gaunt
Peter Piobar ..... Stephen Hogan
Angela Simpson ..... Kate Paul
Howe ..... Huw Brentnall
Ellen Cameron ..... Lilit Lesser
Kirsty / Nurse ..... Georgia Brown

Written by Thomas Mann
From a translation by John E. Woods
Dramatised by Robin Brooks

Directed and Produced by Fiona McAlpine
Sound Design by Wilfredo Acosta and Alisdair McGregor
An Allegra production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

57 minutes

Last on

Sun 25 Apr 2021 15:00

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  • Sun 25 Apr 2021 15:00