Episode 5

Having infiltrated a secret masked ball where the female revellers are naked, Fridolin is discovered and must face his hosts.

Read by Paul Rhys.

Published in 1926, Arthur Schnitzler’s ‘Dream Story’ was alternately titled ‘Rhapsody’ and, in the original German, ‘Traumnovelle’.

Credited as the novella that inspired Stanley Kubrick's last film.

Translated by JMQ Davies.

Producer: Eugene Murphy

Made for BBC7 and first broadcast in September 2003.