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A GENTLE CREATURE

on Third Programme

by FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY
Alan Badel gives a performance of A Fantastic Story translated by David Magarshack
Edited for radio by David Tutaev
Music composed by HUMPHEREY SEARLE played by a section of Sinfonia of London conducted by Lawrence Leonard Produced by H. B. FORTUIN
* Imagine a husband whose wife had committed suicide a few hours before ... There he Is, talking to himself, telling the whole story, trying to explain it to himself ... A succession of memories does, at last, lead him to the truth, and truth inevitably elevates his mind and heart.'
: second broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Unknown:
Alan Badel
Translated By:
David Magarshack
Unknown:
David Tutaev
Composed By:
Humpherey Searle
Conducted By:
Lawrence Leonard
Produced By:
H. B. Fortuin

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