Walden
Henry David Thoreau's account of a year living in a cabin in the woods next to Walden Pond in Massachusetts in 1845. Matthew Needham stars in Paul Farley's evocative dramatisation.
Henry David Thoreau's account of his year living in a cabin in the woods next to Walden Pond in Massachusetts. Matthew Needham (House of the Dragon, Stutterer, Summer and Smoke) stars as Henry in Paul Farley's evocative dramatisation of an attempt to live lightly on the earth, in tune with the rhythms of the natural world and to pay attention to the local and immediate.
Henry.....Matthew Needham
The Hostess.....Antonia Bernath
Sceptical Diners.....Nathan Osgood and Adam Silver
Railway Workers.....Jonathan Forbes and Jos Vantyler
Mrs Field.....Aisha Lawal
Sam Staples.....Clive Haywood
The Poet.....Django Bevan
Fenda Freeman.....Lorna Lowe
William Taylor.....Kel Matsena
Walden was dramatized by Paul Farley
Sound design was by Catherine Robinson
A BBC Audio Wales production, directed by Emma Harding.
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Broadcast
- Sun 1 Feb 202615:00BBC Radio 4
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