{"product_id":"book-10yb","title":"Arthur Schnitzler: A BBC Radio Drama Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNine full-cast dramatisations of Schnitzler's sizzling psychological plays and stories, plus a reading of \u003ci\u003eDream Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sharp, provocative works of Viennese writer Arthur Schnitzler have been \u003cb\u003ebanned\u003c\/b\u003e for transgressive content, \u003cb\u003eburned\u003c\/b\u003e by the Nazis, and \u003cb\u003ebeloved\u003c\/b\u003e by fellow writers and artists - many of whom took inspiration from his pieces for their own work. This includes his well-known 1926 novella \u003ci\u003eDream Story\u003c\/i\u003e, which was reversioned as the 1999 hit Stanley Kubrick film \u003ci\u003eEyes Wide Shut\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLa Ronde \u003c\/i\u003eor \u003ci\u003eLove Game, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich were adapted for the stage at various times by David Hare, Tom Stoppard, and David Harrower.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis comprehensive collection features some of Schnitzler's finest tales of love, sex, jealousy and desire, brought to life by ensemble casts, feauturing \u003cb\u003eAngharad Rees, Anton Lesser, Malcolm Sinclair, Carole Boyd, Martin Jarvis\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eMaureen O'Brien\u003c\/b\u003e, and many others. Also included is the erotic, enigmatic \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDream Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, read by award-winning actor \u003cb\u003ePaul Rhys\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContent List:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Spring Sonata\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eLove Games, aka Liebelei\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Confirmed Bachelor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnatol\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eProfessor Bernhardi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntermezzo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat a Hysterical Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eLieutenant Gustl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eFestival of Bacchus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eDream Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith thanks to Keith Wickham and the Radio Circle for sourcing the recordings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCast and credits\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Spring Sonata\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing: Alison Ram, James Duke, Claudia Harrison, Christopher Kent, Michael Jenn, David Thorpe, Fenella Norman, Vanessa Rosenthal, John McCraw, Catherine Kinsella, Dominic Curran, Sam Starling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDramatised by Vanessa Rosenthal\u003cbr\u003eDirected by Chris Wallis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLove Games\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing: Angharad Rees, Anton Lesser, Diana Bishop, John Webb, Geoffrey Matthews, Carole Boyd, William Hope\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Charles Osborne\u003cbr\u003eAdapted for radio by John Scotney\u003cbr\u003eDirected by Walter Acosta\u003cbr\u003ePianist: Mary Nash\u003cbr\u003eTechnical presentation: Keith Perrin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Confirmed Bachelor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing: Keith Drinkel, Cathy Sara, Jo Rafferty, Oona Beeson, Robert Lister, Sunny Ormonde, Richard da Costa, Marian Kemmer, Elizabeth Wofford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDramatised by Vanessa Rosenthal\u003cbr\u003eDirected by Peter Leslie Wild\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnatol\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStarring Malcolm Sinclair as Anatol and Simon Shepherd as Max\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith Victoria Carling, Pauline Moran, Julia Swift, Helena Breck, Jane Bertish, Richard Pearce, Emily Richard, Melinda Walker and Roy Miles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDirected by Glyn Dearman\u003cbr\u003eMusic by Colin Guthrie played by the composer, Perry Montague-Mason and Chris Laurence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eProfessor Bernhardi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing Dorit Welles, Leslie Heritage, Gabriel Woolf, John John, John Rye, Jack May, John Wyse, David Spenser, Victor Lucas, Lewis Stringer, James Thomason, Gerald Cross, Richard Hurndall, Martin Friend, Patrick Tull, David Hadda, John Gabriel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Archie Campbell\u003cbr\u003eAdapted for radio by Mollie Hardwick from the English version by Louis Borrell and Ronald Adam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntermezzo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing James Aubrey, Mel Martin, Tim Woodward, Kim Wall, Julie Berry, Haydn Gwynne, Alistair White, Jennifer Piercey, Elaine Claxton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnglish version by Robert David MacDonald\u003cbr\u003eOriginal music composed, and piano played, by Terence Allbright\u003cbr\u003eSong sung by Anna Bernardin\u003cbr\u003eDirected by Glyn Dearman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat a Hysterical Girl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStarring Carole Boyd as She, John Rye as He and Vernon Joyner as the Narrator\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Martin Esslin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLieutenant Gustl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStarring Hugh Hayes as Gustl\u003cbr\u003eWith Michael Graham Cox and Ian Targett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by George Roubicek\u003cbr\u003eDramatised by George Roubicek, Ivor Benjamin and Hugh Hayes\u003cbr\u003eDirected by Ivor Benjamin\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Caroline Raphael\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFestival of Bacchus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing Martin Jarvis, Maureen O'Brien, Dinsdale Landen, Josie Kidd, Gordon Reid\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated and adapted for radio by Basil Ashmore\u003cbr\u003eDirected by Martin Jenkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDream Story\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRead by Paul Rhys\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by JMQ Davies\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Eugene Murphy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© 2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. 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