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Drama on 4: Iris Murdoch: The Sea, the Sea: Episode 2

Iris Murdoch: The Sea, the Sea

Episode 2

BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, Iris Murdoch: The Sea, the Sea, Episode 2

Jeremy Irons stars as Charles Arrowby in Iris Murdoch’s Booker prize-winning masterpiece.

Charles pursues his adolescent love to redeem past misdemeanours but a young man on his own mission appears. Stars Jeremy Irons.

Charles Arrowby, a distinguished theatre director, has retired to a remote house by the sea. 

After encountering his adolescent love, he sets out on a mission to reclaim her and, in so doing, redeem the misdemeanours of his past. But a young man appears with a mission of his own.

Conclusion of Iris Murdoch's 1978 Booker prize winning novel, dramatised in two parts by Robin Brooks and starring Jeremy Irons. . 

Cast:
Charles Arrowby...........Jeremy Irons
Gilbert Opian........................Anthony Calf
Matthew Tennyson...................Titus Fitch
Hartley Fitch..................Maggie Steed
Rosina Vamburgh..........Sara Kestelman
Ben Fitch.......................David Horovitch
James Arrowby.............Simon Williams
Peregrine Arbelow........Tim McInnerny
Lizzie Scherer...............Joanna David
Arkwright / Dr Tsang....Nick Underwood

Sound Design: Wilfredo Acosta
Producer: Fiona McAlpine
Director: Bill Alexander
 
An Allegra production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2015.

Drama on 4: Iris Murdoch: The Sea, the Sea

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Jeremy Irons stars in a dramatisation of Iris Murdoch's Booker Prize-winning novel.

Jeremy Irons stars in a dramatisation of Iris Murdoch's Booker Prize-winning novel. Adapted by Robin Brooks

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