Lud-in-the-Mist
By Hope Mirrlees, dramatised by Joy Wilkinson. Beguiling fantasy classic about a country bordered by the sinister but alluring Land of Faerie.
Beguiling fantasy classic by Hope Mirrlees, written in 1926, about a country bordered by the sinister but alluring Land of Faerie. Dramatised by Joy Wilkinson.
In the prosperous, peaceful, practical town of Lud-in-the-Mist, all things Faerie are taboo. So when the mayor of Lud, Nathaniel Chanticleer, finds that his son has developed a taste for smuggled faerie fruit, his world falls apart.
If he's to save himself and his son, Nat must confront not only the faerie threat but also his own darkest secret.
With spellbinding original music from The Ciderhouse Rebellion.
Narrator…Olivia Poulet
Nathaniel Chanticleer….Richard Lumsden
Endymion Leer …. Lloyd Hutchinson
Ambrose Honeysuckle ….Tony Turner
Ranulph Chanticleer….Elijah Wolf
Young Nat .... Elijah Wolf
Willy Wisp….Robert Lonsdale
Mumchance….Shaun Mason.
Portunus ....Tony Turner
Moonlove Honeysuckle….Eimear Fearon
Prunella Pyepowders….Ria Marshall
Marigold Chanticleer and the Widow Gibberty….Jane Slavin
Primrose Crabapple and Mother Tibbs….Ellie Darvill
Yeoman Pease .... Robert Lonsdale
Duke Aubrey….Neil Gaiman
Directed by Abigail le Fleming
Production Co-ordinator .... Anne Isger
Production Co-ordinator .... Gaelan Connolly
Technical Producer .... Keith Graham
Technical Producer .... Anne Bunting
Technical Producer .... Cal Knightley
Author ....Hope Mirrlees
Dramatist .... Joy Wilkinson
Original music was by Adam Summerhayes and Murray Grainger - The Ciderhouse Rebellion
https://theciderhouserebellion.com/
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- Sat 30 Oct 202115:00BBC Radio 4
- Sat 10 Oct 202615:00BBC Radio 4 FM
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