“This production was distinguished by a great performance from Paul Scofield, as Silverman. His grave, rich voice, slow but rhythmic, so interior and reflective on its own progress, so self-haunted, made the whole thing memorably touching.”
The Sunday Telegraph
This late short story by Charles Dickens is a tale of a man writing about his unfulfilled life; and getting it all wrong in the telling; of a boy who tries to become an irreproachable young man but who somehow fails to escape his past. Broadcast 1st May 2003.
CAST
George Silverman – PAUL SCOFIELD
Silverman as a student – ALAN COX
Silverman as a boy – AARON JOHNSON
Mother/Lady Fareway – GEMMA JONES
Father/The Dean – JOHN NORMINGTON
Brother Hawkyard – DAVID WARNER
Brother Gimblet – JOHN TAMS
Silvia/Adelane – KATHERINE HEATH
Granville & crowd – GUY LANKESTER
COMPANY
Studio Manager – Mark Smith
Music – John Tams
Director – Sebastian Graham Jones
Producer – Nicholas Newton