3. End of the Masque

Conchis brings his masque at Bourani to an end but is everything – or everyone – what they seem?

What trick has Conchis really been playing on Nicholas?

Conclusion of John Fowles’ cult novel dramatised by Adrian Hodges.

Starring Tom Burke, Charles Dance and Hayley Atwell.

Nicholas Urfe, a young British graduate has run away from his monotonous life to take up a teaching post on the small Greek island of Phraxos.

He’s slowly being drawn into a world full of strange encounters and elaborate tricks on Conchis’s estate at Bourani.

Nicholas is introduced to the enchanting and mysterious Lily Montgomery who bears a striking resemblance to Conchis’s long dead fiancée.

Reality and illusion begin to intertwine, but what strange game is Conchis playing with Nicholas?

Moreover, in this world coloured by artifice and deception, who is really telling him the truth?

Nick ….. Tom Burke
Conchis ….. Charles Dance
Lily ….. Hayley Atwell
Alison ….. Anna Skellern
Anton ….. Maarten Dannenberg
Margaret ….. Josie Taylor
Lily De Seitas ….. Beth Goddard
Kemp ….. Rachel Atkins
Briggs ….. Michael Shelford
Meli ….. Chris Pavlo
Mrs Marks ….. Elaine Claxton
Margaret ….. Josie Taylor
Andreas Karras ….. Greek ticket seller
Benji ….. Rudi Goodman

Producer: Heather Larmour

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2016.