EPISODE · Jul 1, 2011 · 3 MIN
The Need For Nonsense: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation by Julia Blackburn
from Get Best Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Arts & Entertainment · host Mack Mante
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/383777 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Need For Nonsense: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation Author: Julia Blackburn Narrator: Ross Mckendrick, James Rastall, Alexi Kaye-Campbell, Mark Meadows, Kim Hicks, Andrew Sachs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 43 minutes Release date: July 1, 2011 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Julia Blackburn's play captures the warm, heartfelt and comic story of the Victorian poet and painter Edward Lear's lifelong friendship with his eccentric Greek servant, Giorgio, who inspired him to address the painful truths in his life while making us laugh. Stars Andrew Sachs as Edward Lear and Alexi Kaye-Campbell as Giorgio Kokalis. Also featured in the cast are Mark Meadows, Ross McKendrick, James Rastall and Kim Hicks. Directed by Mary Ward-Lowery. The Need for Nonsense was originally broadcast on 9 February 2009, and repeated on 17 January 2011.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/383777 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Need For Nonsense: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation Author: Julia Blackburn Narrator: Ross Mckendrick, James Rastall, Alexi Kaye-Campbell, Mark Meadows, Kim Hicks, Andrew Sachs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 43 minutes Release date: July 1, 2011 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Julia Blackburn's play captures the warm, heartfelt and comic story of the Victorian poet and painter Edward Lear's lifelong friendship with his eccentric Greek servant, Giorgio, who inspired him to address the painful truths in his life while making us laugh. Stars Andrew Sachs as Edward Lear and Alexi Kaye-Campbell as Giorgio Kokalis. Also featured in the cast are Mark Meadows, Ross McKendrick, James Rastall and Kim Hicks. Directed by Mary Ward-Lowery. The Need for Nonsense was originally broadcast on 9 February 2009, and repeated on 17 January 2011.
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