Zorba the Greek

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Nikos Kazantzakis - Zorba the Greek: Episode 1

Nikos Kazantzakis - Zorba the Greek

Episode 1

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Nikos Kazantzakis - Zorba the Greek, Episode 1

Zorba the Greek begins to teach a young writer about the real meaning of life.

Zest-filled middle-aged Greek man, Zorba, begins to teach a young writer about the real meaning of life. Stars Robert Stephens.

When young writer Nikos encounters zest-filled Zorba, his life is never the same.

This is a middle-aged Greek hero who says yes to every experience and adventure that life has to offer...

Starring Robert Stephens and Michael Maloney.

Nikos Kazantzakis's famous Greek novel.

Dramatisatised in two parts by Nick McCarty.  

Zorba    ……    Robert Stephens
Nikos    ……    Michael Maloney
Hortense    ……    Mary Wimbush   
Mavrondoni    ……    Terry Molloy 
Mimiko    ……    Dominic Taylor   
Anagnosti    ……    Roger Hume
Andonis    ……    Peter Meakin 
Mad Woman    ……    Hedli Niklaus 
Villa Girl    ……    Judy Bennett

Producer: Phillip Martin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1993.

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Sixty-year-old Zorba teaches young writer Nikos how best to live life.

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