3 sound discs (3 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in
Type:
Sound recordings
Fiction
Place:
Paris (France)
France
Date:
1995
1937
P1995
19th century
Notes:
"Produced in association with Smithsonian Institution Press."
"Digitally restored and remastered"--Container.
Compact discs.
Booklet (29 p. : ill. ; 13 x 14 cm.) containing biographical and descriptive notes by Michael Dawson, casting notes, as well as radiography and bibliographical references, inserted in container.
Starring Orson Welles as Jean Valjean; other cast members include Martin Gabel, Ray Collins, Alice Frost, Agnes Moorehead, Everett Sloane, and Bill Johnstone.
Originally broadcast July 23, 1937-Sept. 3, 1937.
Contents:
The bishop -- Javert -- The trial -- Cosette -- The grave -- The barricade -- The final episode
Summary:
Orson Welles adapted, produced, directed, narrated, and acted in this 1937 radio dramatization of Victor Hugo's book, recounting the saga of escaped convict Jean Valjean. Valjean, trying to forget his past and live an honest life, risks his freedom to take care of a motherless young girl during a period of political unrest in Paris.