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Storytellers: 1: Keep the Aspidistra Flying

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

by George Orwell
Dramatised by Sam McBratney
A series of five dramatised stories
On the streets of 1930s London, Gordon Comstock wages war on the money god. He aims to drift below ambition and shake off those friends who want him to make something of himself. But is he strong enough to resist the call of the aspidistra?
(Stereo)
(2: "Mary Postgale" by Rudyard Kipling next Wednesday)

Contributors

Author:
George Orwell
Dramatised by:
Sam McBratney
Director:
Jeremy Mortimer
Gordon Comstock:
Jonathan Tafler
Rosemary Waterlow:
Victoria Carling
Mr Clew/Clerk:
Michael Deacon
Philip Ravelston:
Valentine Pelka
Julia Comstock:
Polly James
Hermione Slater:
Emily Richard
Bookseller/Waiter/Tramp:
William Simons
Source: Radio Times

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