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An exploration of a young boy's loss of innocence during haunting events of the Edwardian summer of 1900.

Leo Colston is staying at Brandham Hall in Norfolk with his school-friend Marcus - quickly falling under the spell of his older sister, Marian.

Leo soon becomes deeply involved with a situation he doesn't fully understand...

LP Hartley’s novel, first published in 1953.

Dramatised by Archie Campbell.

Narrator .... Denys Blakelock
Leo the boy .... Anthony Reese
Mrs Colston .... Mary Wimbush
Mrs Maudsley .... Ambrosine Phillpotts
Marcus .... Andrew Konig
Denys ... William Eedle
Marian .... Rachel Gurney
Ted Burgess .... Ralph Hallett
Lord Trimingham .... Ian Lubbock
Headmaster .... Norman Claridge
Young lady .... Penelope Lee
Young man .... John Rye
Guest .... Nerys Kerfoot
Denys ... William Eedle
Brunskill, butler .... Wilfred Babbage
Pollin, cricket player .... Julian Somers
Mr Maudsley .... Charles Simon
M C (Mr Parker) .... Peter Claughton
Schoolboy .... Charles Marion Crawford
Schoolboy .... Nicholas Edmett
Schoolboy .... Nigel Anthony

Piano played by Josephine Lee.

Director: Archie Campbell

First broadcast on the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Â鶹ԼÅÄ Service in January 1961.

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‘The Go-Between’ is part of Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4 Extra's Hidden Treasures collection, selected from titles returned to the Â鶹ԼÅÄ by various collectors.

Our warm thanks go to our friends at the Radio Circle.

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