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2. Claudia

Hugh Casthorpe has fallen for Madame Claudia. But she’s married, and he hasn’t the courage to speak to her. Stars Luke Thallon.

Visiting Hugh Casthorpe has now become a patient in the sanatorium.

His rise in temperature may have something to do with the fact that he is utterly, hopelessly besotted with the lovely Madame Claudia.

She is married, she is ill, he's scared to speak to her and Hugh’s companions on the Magic Mountain, are far from happy with the infatuation.

Despite the obstacles - will love find a way?

Thomas Mann’s novel is a literary icon, a tragi-comedy, a masterpiece of deep thought, sly irony, sex, love and death.

Written from a translation by John E Woods

Dramatised by Robin Brooks

Narrator ..... Lucy Robinson
Hugh Casthorpe ..... Luke Thallon
James Simpson ..... Hugh Skinner
Doctor Crowmarsh ..... Sandy Grierson
Professor Jones ..... Richard Harrington
Claudia Civet ..... Genevieve Gaunt
Edie Robinson ..... Keziah Joseph
Marjorie ..... Georgina Strawson
Stour ........... Ed Jones
Nurse ......... Kate Paul

Producer: Fiona McAlpine

An Allegra production for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2021.

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57 minutes

Last on

Fri 6 Jun 2025 05:00

Broadcasts

  • Sun 18 Apr 2021 15:00
  • Thu 5 Jun 2025 15:00
  • Thu 5 Jun 2025 21:00
  • Fri 6 Jun 2025 05:00