Tender Is The Night A Romance

(4.4 stars; 14 reviews)

Tender Is the Night: A Romance First broadcast: Sun 19th/26 Jul 2015, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM By F. Scott Fitzgerald [Two Episodes Combined] Dramatised by Robin Brooks Director: Gaynor Macfarlane at BBC Scotland Glasgow Between the First World War and the Wall Street Crash the French Riviera was the stylish place for wealthy Americans to visit. Among the most fashionable are psychoanalyst Dick Diver and his wife Nicole, who hold court at their villa. Into their circle comes Rosemary Hoyt, a young film star, who is instantly attracted to them, but understands little of the dark secrets that hold them together. Nicole Diver has had a breakdown and, together with her husband Dick, she flees Paris. The events of the past are beginning to take a toll on their marriage and only one of them has the strength to survive. Dick Diver ..... Simon Harrison Nicole Diver ..... Melody Grove Rosemary ..... Kelly Burke Tommy ..... Finn den Hertog Abe North ..... Mark McDonnel McKisco ...... Laurie Brown Violet/Baby ..... Anita Vettesse Mother ..... Anne Lacey Franz/Warren ...... Nick Underwood Collis/Buddy ..... Alasdair Hankinson Swanson ...... Laurie Brown Baby ..... Anita Vettesse Kathe/Caroline ..... Anne Lacey Franz/Warren ...... Nick Underwood Collis ..... Alasdair Hankinson Narrator ..... Sam Dale A beautiful and poignant novel about marriage, glamour and disintegration. Regarded by many as F Scott Fitzgerald’s greatest book.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.