Tender Is the Night: A Romance

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Tender is the Night: A Romance

Simon Harrison

Melody Grove

Kelly Burke

Finn den Hertog

Mark McDonnel

Laurie Brown

Anita Vettesse

Anne Lacey

Nick Underwood

Alasdair Hankinson

Sam Dale

Gaynor Macfarlane

F Scott Fitzgerald

Robin Brooks

Tender Is the Night: A Romance: Episode 1

Episode 1

BBC Radio 4 - Tender Is the Night: A Romance, Episode 1

F Scott Fitzgerald's beautiful, poignant novel about marriage, glamour and disintegration.

A young actress enters the Riviera circle of a golden couple, not grasping the secrets that connect them. Stars Melody Grove.

Between the First World War and the Wall Street Crash, the French Riviera was the stylish place for wealthy Americans to visit. 

Among the most fashionable are psychoanalyst Dick Diver and his wife Nicole, who hold court at their villa. 

Into their circle comes Rosemary Hoyt, a young film star, who is instantly attracted to them, but understands little of the dark secrets that hold them together. 

F Scott Fitzgerald’s beautiful and poignant novel about marriage, glamour and disintegration. 

Starring Simon Harrison and Melody Grove.  

Dramatised in two parts by Robin Brooks. 

Dick Diver ...... Simon Harrison
Nicole Diver ...... Melody Grove
Rosemary ...... Kelly Burke
Tommy ...... Finn den Hertog
Abe North ...... Mark McDonnel
McKisco ....... Laurie Brown
Violet/Baby ...... Anita Vettesse
Mother  ...... Anne Lacey
Franz/Warren ....... Nick Underwood
Collis/Buddy ...... Alasdair Hankinson
Narrator ...... Sam Dale

Regarded by many as F Scott Fitzgerald’s greatest book.    

Director: Gaynor Macfarlane

First broadcast on BBC  Radio 4 in July 2015.

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