The Princess Bride

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William Goldman's witty cult classic of true love and high adventure.

A two-part dramatisation of swashbuckling adventure plus five bitesize backstories which can be enjoyed as stand-alone stories or to enhance your experience of the drama.

William Goldman's witty cult classic of true love and high adventure in a two-part dramatisation, plus five bitesize backstories which can be enjoyed as stand-alone stories or to enhance your experience of the drama.

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The Princess Bride: The Dramatisation: Part 1

The Dramatisation: Part 1

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William Goldman’s witty cult classic of true love and high adventure.

Swashbuckling dramedy about a pirate’s quest for true love and a swordsman’s quest to avenge the death of his father.

“This is my favourite book in all the world, though I have never read it”.  When William Goldman discovers The Princess Bride by S Morgenstern is not the swashbuckling fantasy his father read him as a child, but is in fact a patchy and extensive historical satire, he sets out to create the “Good Parts” version…
 
A tale of true love and high adventure featuring a fighting giant that loves to rhyme, a swordsman on the ultimate quest for revenge, a pirate in love with a princess, a princess in love with a farm boy and a prince in love with war. 


First a novel, then a film, now an audio experience: 

The Best Bits of the Good Parts Version by Stephen Keyworth.

A two-part dramatisation of swashbuckling adventure plus five bitesize backstories which can be enjoyed as stand-alone stories or to enhance your experience of the drama.   


The Dramatisation: Part 1 

Buttercup is the most beautiful woman in the world and she’s in love with a farm boy who is about to become the most notorious man in the world… 

Cast:	
Buttercup … Ruby Barker
Fezzik … Tyler Collins
Inigo… Emun Elliott
Vizzini… Maryam Hamidi
Count Rugen … Robin Laing
Goldman Snr / Father / Roberts … Crawford Logan
Westley … Lorn Macdonald 
Prince Humperdinck / William Goldman … Grant O’Rourke
Countess … Rosalind Sydney  

Sound recording: Joanne Willott
Sound design: Fraser Jackson

Directed by Kirsty Williams

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