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Series of drama performances, ranging from experimental works to the Classics

George Bernard Shaw

Rory Kinnear

Lydia Leonard

Tom Mison

Hugh Ross

Frances Jeater

Glen McCready

Jo Herbert

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David Timson

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Arms and the Man

21/03/2010

BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3, Arms and the Man

George Bernard Shaw's romantic comedy exploring the ideals and realities of war.

By George Bernard Shaw. Romantic comedy exploring the ideals and realities of war, hypocrisy and nationalism. With Rory Kinnear, Lydia Leonard and Tom Mison.

Arms and the Man by Bernard Shaw 
with Rory Kinnear and Lydia Leonard. Directed by David Timson

It is 1885, and there is trouble in the Balkans. The Serbians and the Bulgarians are at war.
Raina Petkoff is convinced her fiancé Major Sergius Saranoff will glorify himself in the war and become her hero - but after a dramatic encounter with a down-to-earth Serbian officer who hides in her room, she is brought face to face with the mundane truth about the conflict rather than its glories. The ideals and realities of war, hypocrisy and nationalism are all entertainingly explored in this rare romantic comedy by one of our most acerbic writers.

Technical DirectionNorman Goodman

An Ukemi Productions Ltd production for 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.

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