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Georg Kaiser. Rozhlasová adaptace expresionistické divadelní hry. Zvukový design Jon Nicholls. Producentka Saskia Black. Výkonná producentka Charlotte Melén. Režie Simon Scardifield.

Osoby a obsazení: Úředník (Tom Vaughan-Lawlor), děvče od Sally Army (Diany Bandza), žena / matka / úřednice 2 / důstojnice Sally Army (Emily Bruni), bohatý klient / úředník 1 / muž 2 / kajícník 3 (Alasdair Craig), zákaznice 1 / číšníce / manželka / úřednice 4, ​​žena 3, kajícnice 2 (Eva Feiler), manažer / úředník 3 / muž 1 / voják (James Cooney), zákazník 2 / syn / divák / číšník / kajícník 1 (Ashley Gillard), žena 2 (Charlotte Melén).

Natočeno 2024. Premiéra 22. 9. 2024 (BBC Radio 3, 20:00 h.; 59 min.).

Lit.: anonym: From Morning to Midnight. Drama on 3. In web BBC Radio 3, září 2024 (článek). – Cit.: In this new, adventurous adaptation of Georg Kaiser’s classic Expressionist play, we follow the everyman Clerk, played by Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, who turns his back on the daily grind to leap instead into a nerve-jangling search for what life has to offer.

Set in the febrile modernity of pre-WWI Germany, the story begins in the hushed lobby of a bank in 1912. Emboldened by a chance brush with a glamorous woman, the normally docile bank clerk steals sixty thousand marks, and runs. That, it turns out, was naive – she doesn’t want him or his money. Which leaves him with the question: how much life can he buy before the authorities catch up with him?

The soundscape immerses listeners in the kaleidoscopic disorientating whirl of the clerk’s frenzied dash through Berlin’s bustling backstreets, luxury hotels and velodromes. With a fortune burning a hole in his pocket, he turns one by one to art, family, social revolution and sensuous excess in search of the thrill he feels life owes him. But, with so much wagered, when things go wrong, they go badly wrong.

His journey is a series of existential epiphanies and farcical misdemeanours, culminating in a Salvation Army Hall where his last hopes for redemption are dashed in a dramatic, money-scattering climax.

‘From Morning to Midnight’ is an intoxicating audio experience that blends thriller, farce and existential drama into a timeless tale of human hope and vulnerability. Driven by an intolerable existential itch, the clerk gives vivid life to our most dangerous dreams.

Kaiser’s play premiered in 1917 after a five-year ban for unspecified reasons, It was, it seems, simply too fearless. Since then, with such luminaries as Brecht and Marlene Dietrich declaring themselves fans of its author, it has become a cornerstone of modern European drama. This radio adaptation captures the essence of Kaiser’s work like never before.

Translated, adapted and directed by Simon Scardifield, produced by Charlotte Melén and Saskia Black of Almost Tangible. (…) An Almost Tangible production for BBC Radio 3.

Sarah Wooley. Strhující drama Sarah Wooleyové o natáčení filmu Zrodila se hvězda. Zvuk Peter Ringrose, Keith Graham a Andy Garrett. Na klavír hraje Peter Ringrose. Koordinace produkce Jenny Mendez. Režie Abigail le Fleming.

Osoby a obsazení: Judy Garland (Lydia Wilson), Sid Luft (Carl Prekopp), Harold Arlen (Nigel Lindsay), Ira Gershwin (Allan Corduner), Jack Warner (David Hounslow), George Cukor (Samuel James), Warnerova sekretářka (Andi Bickers), Taylor (Ian Dunnett Jr.), John Meyer (Nuhazet Diaz Cano).

Natočeno 2024. Premiéra 3. 11. 2024 (BBC Radio 3, 20:00 h.; 89 min.).

Lit.: anonym: Star. Drama on 3. In web BBC Radio 3, listopad 2024 (článek). – Cit.: Compelling drama from Sarah Wooley about the making of the movie ‚A Star Is Born‘, Judy Garland’s 1950s comeback bid.

1952. Judy Garland, let go by MGM for her erratic behaviour, is determined to make a comeback. She and soon-to-be husband Sid Luft start their own production company and get the rights to remake classic 30s film ‚A Star Is Born‘ as a musical. This time, they will be in control.

Who better to write the music than Judy’s lifelong friend Harold Arlen, the composer of her biggest hit ‚Over the Rainbow‘? Arlen was responsible for some of the most famous songs in the world: ‚It’s Only a Paper Moon‘, ‚Stormy Weather‘, ‚That Old Black Magic‘ – he sound-tracked the first half of the twentieth century. He recruits Ira Gershwin to write the lyrics and everyone gets to work.

But Judy’s demons are never far away, and everyone has underestimated the power of the Hollywood machine…

This is a story about love, friendship and struggle, set against the backdrop of McCarthy’s America, where loyalty has become a complicated thing and compassion is in short supply.

Karel Čapek (román Válka s Mloky) – Ed Harris. Původní píseň Vern Asbury. Zvukový design Alisdair MacGregor. Režie Jeremy Mortimer. Výkonný producent Joby Waldman.

Osoby a obsazení: vypravěč (Doña Croll), Lili Clay (Laura Elphinstone), matka (Liza Sadovy), Leon Clay (Joseph Ayre), Graham Knox (Jude Akuwudike), Barney (Oliver Westlake), Oscar/ Hugo Latymer (Tom Edward-Kane).

Natočeno 2024. Premiéra 8. 12. 2024 (BBC Radio 3, 20:00 h.; 99 min.).

Lit.: anonym: War with the Newts. Drama on 3. In web BBC Radio 3, prosinec 2024 (článek). – Cit.: Ed Harris’s play, adapted from Karel Čapek’s 1936 novel, a dark satire about the destruction of mankind at the hands of a new species of newt, is set in the present day and follows MP Lili Clay and her family. The newts can use basic tools and language and so a new labour-saving workforce is born. Newtmania sweeps the planet but with new opportunities, old conflicts arise, left and right squabble, and companies turn this global disaster into profit.

Told through promotional videos and news reports this timely dystopian farce about the economy, ecocide, and extinction, tracks how an apparent utopia grows around us until the newts outsmart us at our own game. (…)

A Reduced Listening Production for BBC Radio 3.

Karel Čapek (1890 – 1938) was one of the most important Czech writers of the twentieth century. He has become best known for his science fiction, including his novel War with the Newts and play R.U.R., which introduced the word robot. He also wrote many politically charged works dealing with the social turmoil of his time.