Episode 3
Marcel Proust's allegorical contemplation on time, memory, art and love leaves Combray and the love affair between Swann and Odette, and moves to Paris, where Marcel falls in love.
Timberlake Wertenbaker's adaptation from the French of Marcel Proust’s allegorical reflection on time, memory, art and love.
Charles Swann and his lover, the courtesan and seductress Odette de Crecy, struggle as their relationship finds itself under the scrutiny of the bourgeoise social climber, Madame Verdurin. Swann tries to steer Odette away from this vulgar gaiety but finds he has competition.
Meanwhile, going forward in time, young Marcel and his family have moved to Paris and, in the Champs Elysees, he falls in love for the first time, reinforcing his desire to become a writer.
Cast:
MARCEL (narrator) ………Derek Jacobi
FATHER ………Oliver Cotton
FRANCOISE …………Susan Brown
MOTHER ………… Sylvestra le Touzel
YOUNG MARCEL …………Isaac Watts
GILBERTE (girl) ………Mary Glen
ODETTE ……… Bessie Carter
SWANN …………Paterson Joseph
MADAME COTTARD..………Emma Amos
GILBERTE ……………Emma Mackey
CONCIERGE ……… Finlay Paul
MONSIEUR DE NORPOIS ……… Ben Crowe
Translated and adapted from the French by Timberlake Wertenbaker
Produced and directed by Celia de Wolff
Production Co-ordinator: Sarah Tombling
Recording and Sound Design: David Chilton and Lucinda Mason Brown
Executive Producer: Peter Hoare
A Pier production for ±«Óãtv Radio 4
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- Sat 24 Aug 2019 21:00±«Óãtv Radio 4
- Sat 14 Sep 2019 21:00±«Óãtv Radio 4
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