Episode 1
4 Extra Debut. A stranger's summons to the Castle leads him into a bureaucratic wonderland of terror and insanity. Starring Dominic Rowan.
In Franz Kafka’s mind-warping novel, set in a bureaucratic wonderland, the hapless land-surveyor known only as K answers a summons to work at the mysterious Castle, only to find himself drawn into a labyrinth of terror and absurdity.
K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DOMINIC ROWAN
Frieda. . . . . . . . . . . .SAMMY T DOBSON
Jeremias. . . . . . . . . .MARK BENTON
Artur . . . . . . . . . . . .DANIEL WEYMAN
Teacher . . . . . . . . . .STEPHEN GREIF
Gardena and Amalia. .RACHEL BAVIDGE
Olga . . . . . . . . . . . . VICTORIA ELLIOTT
Barnabas . . . . . . . . .NEIL GRAINGER
Chief Superintendent JONATHAN CULLEN
Hans . . . . . . . . . . . . DOMINIC DEAKIN
with the Jackie Palmer Children’s Choir
Dramatist: Ed Harris
Producer: John Taylor
A Fiction Factory production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in May 2015.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| K | Dominic Rowan |
| Frieda | Sammy T Dobson |
| Jeremias | Mark Benton |
| Artur | Daniel Weyman |
| Teacher | Stephen Greif |
| Gardena | Rachel Bavidge |
| Amalia | Rachel Bavidge |
| Olga | Victoria Elliott |
| Barnabas | Neil Grainger |
| Chief Superintendent | Jonathan Cullen |
| Hans | Dominic Deakin |
| Author | Franz Kafka |
| Adaptor | Ed Harris |
| Producer | John Taylor |
Broadcasts
Sun 10 May 201515:00BBC Radio 4- Sat 16 May 201521:00BBC Radio 4
- Thu 29 Aug 201910:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Thu 29 Aug 201915:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Fri 30 Aug 201903:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
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