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Arsenic and Silver

Episode 4 of 6

Henry Goodman stars in Levi's element-themed stories, introduced by Janet Suzman and dramatised by Graham White. Primo recounts amusing stories from a professional chemist's life.

Henry Goodman stars as Primo Levi in a major dramatisation of Levi's short stories about our human relationship with the chemical elements. Introduced by Janet Suzman and dramatised by Graham White from the translation by Raymond Rosenthal.

Arsenic and Silver: At his retirement party, Primo recounts amusing stories from a professional chemist's life.

Older Primo ..... Henry Goodman
Younger Primo ..... Akbar Kurtha
Versino ..... Jessica Turner
Lentini ..... Nicholas Murchie
Bruni ..... David Horovitch
Cometto ..... John Rowe
Lucia ..... Juliet Aubrey
Gallery Director ..... Stephen Critchlow
Emilio ..... Caolan McCarthy
Farmer ..... David Hounslow
Customer ..... Ben Crowe
Bonino ..... Sam Dale
Gina ..... Rebecca Hamilton

Produced and directed by Emma Harding and Marc Beeby

58 minutes

Last on

Sun 12 Jul 2020 15:00
大象传媒 Radio 4 FM

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Credits

Older Primo Henry Goodman
Younger Primo Akbar Kurtha
Versino Jessica Turner
Lentini Nicholas Murchie
Bruni David Horovitch
Cometto John Rowe
Lucia Juliet Aubrey
Gallery Director Stephen Critchlow
Emilio Caolan McCarthy
Farmer David Hounslow
Customer Ben Crowe
Bonino Sam Dale
Gina Rebecca Hamilton
Author Primo Levi
Adaptor Graham White
Director Marc Beeby
Director Emma Harding
Producer Marc Beeby
Producer Emma Harding

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  • Sun 24 Jul 2016 15:00
    大象传媒 Radio 4 FM
  • Sun 12 Jul 2020 15:00
    大象传媒 Radio 4 FM

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