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William Golding - Lord of the Flies: Gift For Darkness

William Golding - Lord of the Flies

Gift For Darkness

BBC Radio 4 Extra - William Golding - Lord of the Flies, Gift For Darkness

William Golding's classic story dramatised by Judith Adams.

Since the crash, the survivors have maintained a signal fire. A split has developed and tensions rise. Narrated by Ruth Wilson.

Since their plane crashed into a deserted island, the group of surviving schoolboys have awaited rescue by mainting a signal fire. 

But as tensions rose amongst the group factions have emerged causing a split. Jack and his hunters have set up camp at a rocky outcrop they call Castle Rock while Ralph, Piggy, Simon and a few stragglers have remained at the shelters with the signal fire.  And it's the fire that the hunters so desperately crave.

Conclusion of William Golding's classic fable.  

Ralph . . . . . Finn Bennett
Jack . . . . . Richard Linnell
Piggy . . . . . Kasper Hilton Hille
Simon . . . . . Jack Kane
Maurice . . . . . Barney Herrin
Sam . . . . . Bradley Shedden
Eric . . . . . Tomi Fry
Roger . . . . . Edward Bracey
Bill . . . . . Gabriel Brody
Littleun . . . . . Isaac Andrews
Mother . . . . . Stephanie Racine
Officer . . . . . Adam Nagaitis
Narrator . . . . . Ruth Wilson

Dramatised by Judith Adams.

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko

Conch player: Eilon Morris
Sound design and choral arrangement: Colin Guthrie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2013.

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William Golding's classic story about a group of boys plane-wrecked on a deserted island

William Golding's classic story about a group of boys plane-wrecked on an uninhabited island. Dramatisation by Judith Adams, with Ruth Wilson narrating.

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