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Metamorphosis

on BBC Radio 3

by FRANZ KAFKA adapted by GABRIEL JOSIPOVICI from the translation by WILLA AND EDWIN MUIR with and 'As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. He was lying on his hard, as it were armour-plated, back, and when he lifted his head a little he could see his dome-like brown belly divided into stiff arched segments.'
Music composed and conducted by GORDON CROSSE. and performed by members of the BOCHMANN QUARTET and JOHN LEACH , (cimbalom).
A strong atmospheric production
(TIMEOUT)
Directed by JOHN THEOCHARIS (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Franz Kafka
Adapted By:
Gabriel Josipovici
Adapted By:
Edwin Muir
Unknown:
Gregor Samsa
Conducted By:
Gordon Crosse.
Unknown:
John Leach
Directed By:
John Theocharis
the narrator:
Tim Pigott-Smith
Gregor Samsa:
Christopher Fairbank
Father:
Stephen Thorne
Mother:
Gwen Cherrell
Sister:
Patience Tomlinson
Chief clerk:
Colln Starkey
Charwoman:
Narissa Knights
Three lodgers .:
Trevor Nichols
Three lodgers .:
Christopher Douglas
Three lodgers .:
Brian Smith

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