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The Light Shines in Darkness

on BBC Radio 3

A play by LEO TOLSTOY adapted by JEREMY BROOKS from a translation by KITTY HUNTER BLAIR
The first-ever production of Tolstoy's most autobiographical work, left unfinished at his death. The play deals with the tragic effects upon his friends and family of a wealthy landowner's desire to lead a Christian life and give away his estates to the peasants. Pianist MARTIN GOLDSTEIN
Directed by MATTHEW WALTERS
(Gemma Jones is a member of the RSC and Margaret Courtenay is in '42nd Street 'at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane London)

Contributors

Play By:
Leo Tolstoy
Adapted By:
Jeremy Brooks
Translation By:
Kitty Hunter Blair
Nikolai:
With Robert Stephens
Maria:
Gemma Jones
Alina:
Margaret Courtenay
Pyotr:
Arnold Diamond
Father Vassily:
Geoffrey Beevers
Lyuba:
Helena Breck
Lisa:
Melinda Walker
Stepan:
Simon Hewitt
Vanya/Corporal:
John Webb
Princess Cheremshanova:
Gwen Cherell
Boris:
Sam Dastor
Ivan/General:
William Eedle
Pelagya:
Anne Jameson
Tonya/Malashka:
Jenny Funnell
Carpenter/doctor:
Gregory Depolnay
Colonel/Mikhail:
Trevor Nichols
Father Gerasim:
John Forbes Robertson
Captain:
Graham Blockey
Security gendarme:
Colin Starkey

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