The Go-Between

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Hidden Treasures: L P Hartley - The Go-Between

L P Hartley - The Go-Between

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Hidden Treasures, L P Hartley - The Go-Between

Leo remembers the hot summer of 1900 in Norfolk when he was asked to carry messages.

4 Extra Debut. Leo remembers the hot summer of 1900, when beautiful Marian and farmer Ted had a secret.  With Anthony Reese and Rachel Gurney.

The main action takes place at Brandham Hall, in Norfolk during the long hot summer of 1900.  Leo Colston is invited to stay with his friend Marcus and quickly falls under the spell of Marian his older sister.  As Leo approaches his thirteenth birthday, he gets deeply involved with a situation he doesn't fully understand.

The novel by L P Hartley is adapted by Archie Campbell


Narrator .... Denys Blakelock
Leo the boy .... Anthony Reese
Mrs Colston .... Mary Wimbush
Schoolboy .... Charles Marion Crawford
Schoolboy .... Nicholas Edmett
Schoolboy .... Nigel Anthony
Headmaster .... Norman Claridge
Mrs Maudsley .... Ambrosine Phillpotts
Marcus .... Andrew Konig
Young lady .... Penelope Lee
Young man .... John Rye
Guest .... Nerys Kerfoot
Denys ... William Eedle
Marian .... Rachel Gurney
Ted Burgess, farmer .... Ralph Hallett
Lord Trimingham .... Ian Lubbock
Brunskill, butler .... Wilfred Babbage
Pollin, cricket player .... Julian Somers
Mr Maudsley .... Charles Simon
M C (Mr Parker) .... Peter Claughton

Pianist Josephine Lee

Director Archie Campbell

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in January 1961.

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