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Under the Volcano

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

by MALCOLM LOWRY in a radio version by ERIC EWENS with music by GRAHAM COLLIER
Narrated by Paul Scofield with Norman Rodway .June Tobin and Denys Hawthorne
A radio adaptation of Lowry's classic study of a man, an ex-Consul, in his struggle against the powers of darkness and of light. It is also a moving and tragic love story. Mexico at the time of the Fiesta for the Day of the Dead, November 1939 and 1938. Directed by JOHN TYDEMAN (Norman Rodway is a member of the RSC)
( Repeated : nert Monday 7 20 and Thursday 7.30)

Contributors

Unknown:
Malcolm Lowry
Unknown:
Eric Ewens
Music By:
Graham Collier
Unknown:
Paul Scofield
Unknown:
Norman Rodway
Unknown:
Denys Hawthorne
Directed By:
John Tydeman
Directed By:
Norman Rodway
Doctor Arturo Vigil:
William Fox
Jacques Laruelle:
David March
Signor Bustamente:
Trader Faulkner
Geoffrey Firmin (an ex-Consul).:
Norman Rodway
Yvonne, his ex-wife:
June Tobin
Hugh, his half-brother:
Denys Hawthorne
Everard:
Gordon Dulieu
Actor:
Gregory de Polnay
Dios:
Andrew Branch
Policeman:
John Bull
Maria:
Eva Stuart
Voice 1:
Leonard Fenton
Voice 2:
John Bull
Source: Radio Times

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