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Classic Serial: Bartleby, the Scrivener

on BBC Radio 4 FM

By Herman Melville, dramatised by Martyn Wade. The strange behaviour of a man employed as a copyist in a law firm begins when he announces that there are aspects of his work that he would "prefer not to" do.
Repeated on Saturday at 9pm

Contributors

Author:
Herman Melville
Dramatised by:
Martyn Wade
Director:
Cherry Cookson
The Lawyer:
Ian Holm
Bartleby:
Adrian Scarborough
Turkey:
David Collings
Nippers:
Jonathan Keeble
Huff:
Philip Fox
Norton:
John Rowe
Prison officer:
Stephen Hogan

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