Sunday 10 November 2019

F. Scott Fitzgerald - Tender Is The Night: A Romance

F. SCOTT FITZGERALD - TENDER IS THE NIGHT: A ROMANCE (320kbs-m4a/262mb/1hr54mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 18th & 19th September 2019

A beautiful and poignant novel about marriage, glamour and disintegration. Regarded by many as F Scott Fitzgerald’s greatest book - dramatised by Robin Brooks.

Director: Gaynor Macfarlane

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2015.

TENDER IS THE NIGHT: A ROMANCE - 1. EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 18th September 2019

Between the First World War and the Wall Street Crash the French Riviera was the stylish place for wealthy Americans to visit.

Among the most fashionable are psychoanalyst Dick Diver and his wife Nicole, who hold court at their villa. Into their circle comes Rosemary Hoyt, a young film star, who is instantly attracted to them, but understands little of the dark secrets that hold them together.

Dick Diver ..... Simon Harrison
Nicole Diver ..... Melody Grove
Rosemary ..... Kelly Burke
Tommy ..... Finn den Hertog
Abe North ..... Mark McDonnel
McKisco ...... Laurie Brown
Violet/Baby ..... Anita Vettesse
Mother ..... Anne Lacey
Franz/Warren ...... Nick Underwood
Collis/Buddy ..... Alasdair Hankinson
Narrator ..... Sam Dale

TENDER IS THE NIGHT: A ROMANCE - 2. EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)

BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 19th September 2019

Nicole Diver has had a breakdown and, together with her husband Dick, she flees Paris.

The events of the past are beginning to take a toll on their marriage and only one of them has the strength to survive.

Dick Diver ..... Simon Harrison
Nicole Diver ..... Melody Grove
Rosemary ..... Kelly Burke
Tommy ..... Finn den Hertog
Swanson ...... Laurie Brown
Baby ..... Anita Vettesse
Kathe/Caroline ..... Anne Lacey
Franz/Warren ...... Nick Underwood
Collis ..... Alasdair Hankinson
Narrator ..... Sam Dale

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