Let Me Be Frank With You
In this fourth episode, we meet Frank cautiously negotiating the onset of old age, through four very different and very troubling encounters.
Richard Ford鈥檚 Frank Bascombe books are a remarkable literary phenomenon, following the fortunes of his hapless but ever-hopeful hero Frank, and giving us a unique portrait of contemporary American life.
Over the year, we have been checking in with Frank during four weekends of his life, over four decades, stretching from the early 1980's to Christmas 2012.
All four episodes - The Sportswriter, Independence Day, The Lay of the Land, and Let Me Be Frank With You - will be available to listen to on 大象传媒 Sounds from 1st December 2024.
Episode 4
Let Me Be Frank With You takes place in the run-up to Christmas 2012, in the wake of Hurricane Sandy - and this isn't the only storm that Frank has to weather. In four very different encounters, he confronts old troubles again, along with some new and shocking revelations. Will Frank be able to maintain his hard-won equilibrium? It doesn鈥檛 look good鈥�.
Cast
FRANK: Kyle Soller
SALLY: Melody Grove
ARNIE : Nathan Osgood
ANN : Kelly Burke
CLARISSA: Hannah Genesius
MS PINES: Alana Maria
BUCK : Eric Stroud
EDDIE : Robert G Slade
FINESSE : Amelia Parillon
EZEKIEL : Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
Dramatised by Robin Brooks from the Frank Bascombe novels by Richard Ford
Sound Design: Joseff Harris and Alisdair McGregor
Broadcast Assistant: Hermione Sylvester
Directed and Produced by Fiona McAlpine
An Allegra production for 大象传媒 Radio 4
Picture credit: 鈥業n the Car鈥� by Roy Lichtenstein
漏 Estate of Roy Lichtenstein/DACS 2024.
Photo: National Galleries of Scotland
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- Sun 1 Dec 2024 15:00大象传媒 Radio 4