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From: "John Lavagnino" <John.Lavagnino@kcl.ac.uk>
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> BBC Radio 3 will be broadcasting an adaptation of "Laughter in the
> Dark"; this is their description:
>
> Laughter in the Dark: Sunday 11th January 7.55 - 9.35pm
>
> By Vladimir Nabokov
>
> Adapted for radio by Craig Higginson
>
> LAUGHTER IN THE DARK is an early novel by Vladimir Nabokov in which
> his black humour and acid pessimism reflect a world moving
> inexorably towards World War II.
>
> Set in Berlin, it describes the downfall of a middle-aged married
> man who becomes infatuated with a young woman he meets in the
> cinema. She uses him with startling callousness and ultimately
> destroys him.
>
> This dramatisation comes to vivid life as events unfold in the mind
> of a man who becomes blind and can only guess at the gross betrayals
> inflicted on him by a younger and more ruthless generation.
>
> Composer Howard Davidson collaborates with leading director Maria
> Aitken to present a stunning aural depiction of a darkly erotic
> story.
>
> Roger Allam, Alan Cox and Claire Price star. Geraldine Alexander,
> Lauren Bird, Sarah Badel, Tom George, Ewan Bailey, David Shaw-Parker
> and Tracy Wiles complete the cast.
>
> The web page http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/drama/ has links for
> listening to this show online, though this will only work for one week
> after the original broadcast.
>
> (And if you happen to be in London, the Nabokovian show to see is
> "Jerry Springer: The Opera", which has lots more literary allusions
> than the TV show; besides bits from John Milton, William Blake, and
> Philip Larkin, there's "Light of my life, fire of my loins", very
> beautifully sung.)
>
> John Lavagnino
>
From: "John Lavagnino" <John.Lavagnino@kcl.ac.uk>
>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (42
lines) ------------------
> BBC Radio 3 will be broadcasting an adaptation of "Laughter in the
> Dark"; this is their description:
>
> Laughter in the Dark: Sunday 11th January 7.55 - 9.35pm
>
> By Vladimir Nabokov
>
> Adapted for radio by Craig Higginson
>
> LAUGHTER IN THE DARK is an early novel by Vladimir Nabokov in which
> his black humour and acid pessimism reflect a world moving
> inexorably towards World War II.
>
> Set in Berlin, it describes the downfall of a middle-aged married
> man who becomes infatuated with a young woman he meets in the
> cinema. She uses him with startling callousness and ultimately
> destroys him.
>
> This dramatisation comes to vivid life as events unfold in the mind
> of a man who becomes blind and can only guess at the gross betrayals
> inflicted on him by a younger and more ruthless generation.
>
> Composer Howard Davidson collaborates with leading director Maria
> Aitken to present a stunning aural depiction of a darkly erotic
> story.
>
> Roger Allam, Alan Cox and Claire Price star. Geraldine Alexander,
> Lauren Bird, Sarah Badel, Tom George, Ewan Bailey, David Shaw-Parker
> and Tracy Wiles complete the cast.
>
> The web page http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/drama/ has links for
> listening to this show online, though this will only work for one week
> after the original broadcast.
>
> (And if you happen to be in London, the Nabokovian show to see is
> "Jerry Springer: The Opera", which has lots more literary allusions
> than the TV show; besides bits from John Milton, William Blake, and
> Philip Larkin, there's "Light of my life, fire of my loins", very
> beautifully sung.)
>
> John Lavagnino
>