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A production of James Ellroy's extraordinary book, charting his search for the murderer of his mother, 36 years after the event. Dramatised by Steve Chambers. Starring Toby Stephens.
MY DARK PLACES by James Ellroy, dramatised for radio by Steve Chambers.
In the week of the inauguration of a new President of the United States of America comes a new production of Americaβs most famous contemporary crime-writer, James Ellroyβs, autobiography: My Dark Places. Renowned author of The Black Dahlia and LA Confidential, My Dark Places is perhaps his most surprising work. In 1958 in the City of Angels, Ellroyβs own mother, Jean, was found brutally murdered outside a local High School. Ellroy was 10 at the time. And glad she was dead. The killer was never found. Then, in 1994, aged 46 and a successful crime writer, Ellroy decided to reinvestigate the murder and try and find the killer himself, thus beginning a journey of discovery which was to have implications he could never have imagined.
βA tour de force of confessional writingβ Times Literary Supplement
βStunningβ¦.extraordinaryβ Observer
Starring Toby Stephens (Gustav Graves in Die Another Day) as Ellroy. With Matthew Marsh (Spooks), Corey Johnson, Barbara Barnes, Lorelei King, Kerry Shale, William Hope, Laurel Lefkow, Peter Marinker and introducing Ethan Brook as the 10-year old Ellroy.
Directed by Marion Nancarrow.
(Not available as archive or for download.)
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- Sat 24 Jan 2009 20:01GMTΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online
- Sun 25 Jan 2009 02:01GMTΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online
- Sun 25 Jan 2009 23:01GMTΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online