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Iris Murdoch: Dream Girl
Helen McCrory stars as Iris Murdoch in a hallucinogenic trip through the novelist's life, by Robin Brooks - part of the Iris Murdoch season on BBC Radio 4.
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First published August 22, 2015
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Robin Brooks
37 books2 followersRobin Brooks was born in Leeds and brought up in Sheffield and Manchester.
He won an exhibition at Christchurch College, Oxford, where he studied English Literature. He started writing for Empty Space Theatre company in 1989. His first critical success was an adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde which was performed all over the world from 1990 to 1997. He started writing Radio drama for BBC Radio 4 in 1992 and has since written many plays and series. Robin is one of the most commissioned writers of Radio Drama, working with the BBC and other independent companies as well as for his own company, Allegra Productions. He lives and works in Suffolk.
He won an exhibition at Christchurch College, Oxford, where he studied English Literature. He started writing for Empty Space Theatre company in 1989. His first critical success was an adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde which was performed all over the world from 1990 to 1997. He started writing Radio drama for BBC Radio 4 in 1992 and has since written many plays and series. Robin is one of the most commissioned writers of Radio Drama, working with the BBC and other independent companies as well as for his own company, Allegra Productions. He lives and works in Suffolk.
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August 22, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b066fxt1Description: Helen McCrory stars as Iris Murdoch in a hallucinogenic trip through the novelist's life, by Robin Brooks - part of the Iris Murdoch season on BBC Radio 4.
When Iris, lying asleep beside husband John, wakes in the middle of a midsummer night, she discovers that she is to be visited by three spirits, and is to be conducted on a journey through both her past and her writing.
But who are these spirits accompanying her? What do they have to show her about her past misdemeanours, and how art may be made from them? And what dread monster coils in the shadows, ready to strike?
Iris Murdoch's spectacularly bad behaviour and her extraordinary rise as a famous and popular novelist through the 1950s, 60s and 70s, are the themes behind this inventive new comedy drama. Iris was a woman with an insatiable appetite for life, love and literature - her experiences and numerous love affairs with both sexes shaped her writing and fed into her novels.
The Iris Murdoch season on Radio 4 also includes dramatisations of two of her best novels - 'The Sea, The Sea' starring Jeremy Irons and 'A Severed Head' starring Julian Rhind-Tutt.
Iris Murdoch Helen McCrory
The Spirit Jonathan Cullen
Frank Richard Goulding
Philippa Amanda Root
Franz Anton Lesser
Canetti Jasper Britton
John Robin Brooks
Iris in Wonderland and Dr Who via A Murdoch Christmas Carol - what a fantastic way to tell the story of someone's life, especially if that someone is the remarkable Iris.
Now I have an irrepressible urge to rewatch Iris
August 22, 2015
From BBC Radio 4 - Drama:
Helen McCrory stars as Iris Murdoch in a hallucinogenic trip through the novelist's life, by Robin Brooks - part of the Iris Murdoch season on BBC Radio 4.
When Iris, lying asleep beside husband John, wakes in the middle of a midsummer night, she discovers that she is to be visited by three spirits, and is to be conducted on a journey through both her past and her writing.
But who are these spirits accompanying her? What do they have to show her about her past misdemeanours, and how art may be made from them? And what dread monster coils in the shadows, ready to strike?
Iris Murdoch's spectacularly bad behaviour and her extraordinary rise as a famous and popular novelist through the 1950s, 60s and 70s, are the themes behind this inventive new comedy drama. Iris was a woman with an insatiable appetite for life, love and literature - her experiences and numerous love affairs with both sexes shaped her writing and fed into her novels.
The Iris Murdoch season on Radio 4 also includes dramatisations of two of her best novels - 'The Sea, The Sea' starring Jeremy Irons and 'A Severed Head' starring Julian Rhind-Tutt.
Sound Designer: Alisdair McGregor
Director/Producer: Fiona McAlpine
An Allegra production for BBC Radio 4.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b066fxt1
Helen McCrory stars as Iris Murdoch in a hallucinogenic trip through the novelist's life, by Robin Brooks - part of the Iris Murdoch season on BBC Radio 4.
When Iris, lying asleep beside husband John, wakes in the middle of a midsummer night, she discovers that she is to be visited by three spirits, and is to be conducted on a journey through both her past and her writing.
But who are these spirits accompanying her? What do they have to show her about her past misdemeanours, and how art may be made from them? And what dread monster coils in the shadows, ready to strike?
Iris Murdoch's spectacularly bad behaviour and her extraordinary rise as a famous and popular novelist through the 1950s, 60s and 70s, are the themes behind this inventive new comedy drama. Iris was a woman with an insatiable appetite for life, love and literature - her experiences and numerous love affairs with both sexes shaped her writing and fed into her novels.
The Iris Murdoch season on Radio 4 also includes dramatisations of two of her best novels - 'The Sea, The Sea' starring Jeremy Irons and 'A Severed Head' starring Julian Rhind-Tutt.
Sound Designer: Alisdair McGregor
Director/Producer: Fiona McAlpine
An Allegra production for BBC Radio 4.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b066fxt1
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