The Possessed
Sunday 7 May 2006 19:50-21:30 (Radio 3)
By Lou Stein, from the book by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
A group of dissidents and self-proclaimed revolutionaries are intent on causing chaos in a small town in 1870s Russia - spurred on by a demonic and manipulative ringleader.
Duration:
1 hour 40 minutes
Playlist:
Govorov ...... John Sessions
Varvara Petrovna ...... Susannah York
Peter Verhovensky ...... Paul McGann
Nikolai Stavrogin ...... Benedict Cumberbatch
Liza/Marya ...... Anne-Marie Duff
Virginsky/Kirillov ...... Dexter Fletcher
Liputin/Stepan ...... Roger Lloyd Pack
Shatov ...... Brian Bovell
English translation by Tatiana Bazhenova.
Original music by Deirdre Gribbin and produced by Lou Stein.
