Goodnight, Vienna

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Tim McInnerny

James Hopkin

Jeremy Osborne

Goodnight, Vienna: Jonke's Schnitzel, by James Hopkin

Jonke's Schnitzel, by James Hopkin

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Vienna's oldest mental asylum is reopened. But to what purpose?

Once Vienna's main mental asylum, the Narrenturm - or Tower Of Fools - has reopened. But to what purpose? Read by Tim McInnerny. From December 2014.

A multi-contributor series of specially-commissioned radio stories about this most beguiling of cities. To the outsider, Vienna can be a state of mind as much as an actual place.

Episode 2 (of 3): Jonke's Schnitzel by James Hopkin
The Narrenturm, or Tower Of Fools, was once the principal mental asylum in Vienna. It has now been reopened. But to what purpose?

James Hopkin's short stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4, including The Mural At Frau Krauser's, A Georgian Trilogy and A Dalmatian Trilogy, which was broadcast in 2012. He is currently working on his second novel.

Reader: Tim McInnerny

Produced by Jeremy Osborne
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.

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