Balzac, Honoré de (1799-1850)

Last Edited: 14-Jan-2012 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recordings are good unless otherwise indicated.


Date

Title

Cast

Parameters

Publ. 1835
Broadcast:

Le Père Goriot

  1. First Intents
  2. The Spur
  3. Only Ambition
  4. Ambition O’erleaps Itself

Stephen Fry, Douglas Hodge, David Ross, Geoffrey Banks, Alix
Kingston, Barbara Martin, Noreen Kirshaw, Romy Baskerville,
Robin Polly, Ian Mercer, Paul Brawdon, Claire Dow, John Griffith
Dramatised by David Hopkins
Directed by Kate Rowland

56:53, 26671, m
56:58, 26709, m
57:17, 26858, m
57:16, 26849, m

12-Sep-2005 to
23-Sep-2005

Le Père Goriot (reading)

Read by Benedict Cumberbatch
Translated by Marion Ayton Crawford
Abridged by Sally Marmion
Produced by Dy Spears

14:06, 6615, m
13:57, 6541, m
14:00, 6567, m
14:05, 6606, m
14:03, 6588, m
14:03, 6587, m
14:08, 6627, m
14:02, 6586, m
14:01, 6575, m
14:03, 6589, m

17-Aug-2008
24-Aug-2008

The Black Sheep

Geoffrey Whitehead, Thomas Arnold, Mathew Pidgeon, Briony
McRoberts, Phyllida Law, Jon Glover, Christian Rodska, Colette
O’Neil, Alan Cox, Nyasha Hatendi, David Holt, Liz Sutherland,
Lucy Patterson, Timothy Bateson, Chris Pavlo
dramatised by Chris Dolan
Producer/director Bruce Young

57:03, 53487, S
57:10, 53595, S

02-Jan-2012 to
13-Jan-2012

Cousin Bette

read by Alex Jennings
translated by Marion Ayton Crawford
abridger was Sally Marmion
producer is Di Speirs

13:47, 12911, S
13:46, 12893, S
13:39, 12777, S
13:50, 12958, S
13:49, 12936, S
13:34, 12707, S
13:40, 12797, S
13:36, 12741, S
13:40, 12805, S
13:43, 12850, S