Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 280,095 playable programmes from the BBC

After the Ball

on BBC Radio 3

A short story by Leo Tolstoy translated by Arthur Mendel and Barbara Makanowitzky

A young man's hopes of love and happiness are blighted by one chance meeting.
Read by Patrick Barr

(Iain Hamilton has composed an opera on Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, which will be broadcast live from the London
Coliseum next Tuesday)

Contributors

Author:
Leo Tolstoy
Translator:
Arthur Mendel
Translator:
Barbara Makanowitzky
Reader:
Patrick Barr
Producer:
Matthew Walters

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Appears in

Suggest an Edit

We are trying to reflect the information printed in the Radio Times magazine.

  • Press the 'Suggest an Edit' button
  • Type in any changes to the title, synopsis or contributor information using the Radio Times Style Guide for reference.
  • Click the Submit Edits button.
    Your changes will be sent for verification and if accepted, will appear in due course More