The Read

Name: The Read
Released: 2022-04-10T00:00:00.000Z

Program TV · Zainteresowania

Rediscover the books you thought you knew. Acclaimed actors combine with classic literature, breathing new life into iconic stories.

2022 · 58m

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The Lonely Londoners

A creative performance reading of The Lonely Londoners that juxtaposes modern imagery and fascinating archive footage to reflect on how Sam Selvon's novel shaped the London of today.
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On the Black Hill

A performance reading of the abridged novel On the Black Hill, by Bruce Chatwin. Identical twin brothers grow up on a farm in rural Wales and never leave home.
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The Day of the Sardine

A creative performance reading of a powerful novel of disaffection that charts a young man's uneasy passage into adulthood.
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A Vision of Loveliness

Performance reading of A Vision of Loveliness by Louise Levene. A darkly comic novel that reveals the seedy underbelly of London in the 1960s, rich with period detail.
ODCINEK 1

A Kestrel for a Knave

Christopher Eccleston narrates Barry Hines’s heartbreaking coming-of-age tale in this fresh take on a classic British novel.
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Frankenstein

Alex Kingston breathes life into Mary Shelley’s timeless gothic horror story.

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