Uncle Silas - BBC Radio Dramatisation - J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Category: Adults, Full Cast, Radio Productions, Suspense
Language: English
Keywords: BBC Crime Gothic Radio Drama Thriller

Written by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Read by Full Cast
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Dramatization

Occupying the world of spirits, kidnapping and old secrets, Le Fanu’s 1864 sensation novel is a chilling and ground-breaking psychological thriller.

Dramatised in three parts by Alan Drury.

The sinister Madame de Rougierre is employed as governess to the young Maud Ruthven, bringing with her a dark cloud of impending doom that hangs over the whole household. The governess eventually leaves, in possession of a dark secret, but that is not the end of her, much to Maud’s dismay.

Maud is later orphaned and sent to live with Uncle Silas, a man with a mysterious and scandalous past, and she once again meets Madame de la Rougierre, whose role in shaping Maud’s destiny becomes all too clear.

Maud ….. Teresa Gallagher
Austin ….. Graham Crowden
Madame de la Rougierre ….. Dorothy Tutin
Silas ….. George Cole
Lady Monica Knollye ….. Joan Sims
Mary Quince ….. Kathleen Byron
Mrs Rusk ….. Tessa Worsley
Dr Bryerley ….. John Hartley
Dudley ….. Jonathan Keeble
Tom Brice ….. Roger May
Mr Grimston ….. Geoffrey Whitehead
The Rough Fellow ….. Stephen Critchlow
Milly ….. Jane Whittenshaw
Zamiel ….. George A Cooper
Beauty ….. Becky Hindley
Wyatt ….. Pauline Letts
Charke’s servant ….. David Collings
Dr Slaithwaite ….. John Evitts
Sarah Mangles ….. Linda Regan
Mrs Sewell ….. Joan Littlewood

Other parts played by the cast.

Pianist: Michael Haslam

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in Ocotber 1995.

My recordings from BBC Sounds at 136kbps 48kHz VBR M4B