Tove Jansson - The Summer Book
4 Extra Debut. A woman and her six-year-old granddaughter spend a summer on a tiny Finnish island. Sophia Jansson narrates.
A woman and her six-year-old granddaughter Sophia spend a summer together on a tiny island in the Gulf of Finland .
They talk about life, nature, religion - everything but their feelings about Sophia's mother's death and their love for one another.
Tove Jansson's wonderfully humane and atmospheric book is dramatised by the poet and playwright Amanda Dalton from the translation by Thomas Teal.
Sophia Jansson, the real-life model for Sophia and niece of Tove, narrates this radio adaptation .
Her own mother, Signe Hammarsten-Jansson informed the character of the grandmother.
Narrator ...... Sophia Jansson
Grandmother ...... Eileen O'Brien
Sophia ...... Grace Doherty
Pipsan ...... Freya Pollard
Verner ...... Alan Rothwell
Tove Jansson is author of the Moomin books.
Directed in Salford by Susan Roberts.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2018.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Sophia Jansson |
| Grandmother | Eileen O'Brien |
| Sophia | Grace Doherty |
| Pipsan | Freya Pollard |
| Verner | Alan Rothwell |
| Director | Susan Roberts |
| Author | Tove Jansson |
| Adaptor | Amanda Dalton |
| Translation | Thomas Teal |
Broadcasts
Tue 14 Aug 201814:15BBC Radio 4- Fri 4 Sep 202014:15BBC Radio 4
- Mon 2 Aug 202110:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Mon 2 Aug 202115:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Tue 3 Aug 202103:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
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