Dr Zhivago by Boris Pasternak


(4.8 stars; 5 reviews)

Credit goes to CHEOPS. Jonathan Myerson's dramatisation of Boris Pasternak's epic tale spanning four decades of war, revolution, passion and terror. Six episodes of approximately one hour each. Episode 1: ---------- Yuri and Lara are coming of age on different sides of Moscow. Their lives are parallel but on very different tracks. Episode 2: ---------- An affluent childhood in Imperial Moscow has left Yuri Zhivago with a career as a doctor and an engagement to Tonya. But his life will change when he meets Lara. Episode 3: ---------- Returning to Moscow, Yuri finds it hard to adjust to post-revolutionary family life. The city has become a dangerous place, and the only safety lies in leaving and going east. But Lara has also gone in that direction. Episode 4:  ---------- Yuri and his family have fled Moscow. Arriving in the remote Ural mountains, they find civil war raging and the mysterious Bolshevik general Strelnikov in charge of the nearest town, which happens to be where Lara is. Episode 5: ---------- Kidnapped by Red partisan troops to serve as their doctor, Yuri has been a prisoner in the forest for two years. The waste of life sickens him, and he has no news of Tonya or Lara. At last the chance comes to escape back to Yuryatin. Episode 6: ---------- Even in the wilds of Siberia, Yuri, Lara and Pasha face death in Bolshevik purges. Komarovsky brings them an impossible choice. The revolutionary events which brought Yuri and Lara together are finally pulling them apart, but there is one more meeting to come. With: ----- Voice....Ian McDiarmid Yuri....Tom Goodman-Hill Lara....Eve Best Tonya....Clare Corbett Komarovsky....Henry Goodman Liberiy....Darrell D'Silva Pamphil....Malcolm Storry Kubarikha....Kathryn Hunter Lidochka....Sam Dale Sivobluy....John Lloyd Fillingham Angelar....Anthony Glennon Pelageya....Rachel Atkins Agatha....Katy Cavanagh Terenty....Lloyd Thomas Seryozha....Gregg Sulkin Pasha (Strelnikov)....Don Gilet Misha....Carl Prekopp Yevgraf....Stuart McQuarrie Vassya....Alex Lanipekun Markel....John Dougall Marina....Anna Bengo Lena....Joannah Tincey Katya....Skye Bennett Alexander....Alan David Amalia....Annette Badland Anna....Susan Jameson Tishkyevitch....Jeremy Swift Olya....Katy Cavanagh Galliulin....Kulvinder Ghir Mlle Fleury....Helen Schlesinger Gintz....Paul Richard Biggin Pritulyev....Ben Crowe Voronyuk....Sean Baker Poems translated by Lydia Pasternak Slater, Jonathan Myerson, Jon Stallworthy and Peter France. Cello played by Anna Edwards. Directed and produced by Jonquil Panting.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.