3. A Way Out
Hugh is alone on the mountain. James and Madame Claudia are due to return, but with fatal consequences. Stars Luke Thallon.
Hugh’s cousin James and the beautiful Madame Claudia have both left the sanatorium, but both are soon to return, with fatal consequences.
Hugh is now deep in the enchantment of the Mountain. If he is ever to escape, he will have to undergo a dreadful vision and a terrifying supernatural experience.
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
Peter Piobar ..... Stephen Hogan
Angela Simpson ..... Kate Paul
Howe ..... Huw Brentnall
Ellen Cameron ..... Lilit Lesser
Kirsty / Nurse ..... Georgia Brown
Sound Design by Wilfredo Acosta and Alisdair McGregor
Director: Fiona McAlpine
An Allegra production for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 first broadcast in April 2021.
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- Sun 25 Apr 2021 15:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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