Rock 'n' Roll by Tom Stoppard
Sunday 8 July 2007 20:00-22:30 (Radio 3)
Stoppard's new play about loyalty, compromise, love and music is given its first radio production as part of BBC Radio's celebration of his work.
In 1968, Czech student Jan returns home 'to protect rock 'n' roll' from the Soviet tanks crushing the Prague Spring. Max, a Communist don in Cambridge, watches his ideology collapse until the Velvet revolution of 1990 allows student and master to meet again. The politics and music have changed, but have the people?
Duration:
2 hours 30 minutes
Playlist:
Max ...... Bill Paterson
Jan ...... Daniel Evans
Eleanor ...... Penny Downie
Esme ...... Amanda Root
Ferdinand ...... Bertie Carvel
Young Esme ...... Jaimi Barbakoff
Alice ...... Jasmine Hyde
Nigel ...... Ron Cook
Lenka ...... Britta Gartner
Stephen ...... Joseph Kloska
Milan ...... John Dougall
Candida ...... Liza Sadovy
Gillian ...... Jasmine Callan
Directed by Alison Hindell.
