The Winter of our Discontent by John Steinbeck

[Riklaa]

 

 

The Winter Of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck

Dramatised in 2 parts by William Roberts

Produced by Adrian Bean

Jack Shepherd ................ Ethan Hawley
Shelley Thompson .............. Mary Hawley
David Healy....................... Mr Baker
Lorelei King ....................... Margie
Ed Bishop ......................... Biggers
Steve Hodson ........................ Danny
Vincent Marzello ..................... Joey
John Church .................... Mr Marullo
Jonathan Adams .......... Stonewall Jackson
Oona Beeson ......................... Ellen
Anthony Taylor ...................... Allen
John Fleming .................... Fat Willy
Dominic Letts .............. Richard Walder
John Evitts ....................... NBC Man

 

Part 1 of 2

 

Steinbeck,John - Winter of our discontent - 1 (R4 1995-02-12).mp3

[Robert Johnson]

21/08/12

Thanks for this Rick.

Steinbeck along with Faulkner  were two of the finest writers the USA has ever produced.

Cheers,

Robert Johnson

[Tim Szeliga]

There was a splendid Made-for-TV version of this
with Donald Sutherland as Ethan, Teri Garr as Mary
and the MILF-before-the-word-was-coined Tuesday Weld
as Maggie, the temptress. 

Perfectly cast, with Sutherland reverting
to his lovable goofball-who-gets-the-job-done persona,
Garr at her lower-lip-biting supportive-wife best and
Weld leading the audience into temptation.

 

I'll have to read East of Eden one of these days.

That's one I skipped, both book and film. 
I loved Cannery Row and miss arguing with my
English-teacher father-in-law, who never saw
the any value to  the "lovable bum" trope. 

He also thought that while Hammett, Chandler
and especially Cain wrote trash exceptionally well,
it was still trash.  Ditto for Stephen King and Edgar A. Poe.
He was a man of strong opinions.

 

timbabwe (feeling over-hyphenated today)

[Robert Flood]

Thanks so much for this offering.  I too like Steinbeck very much and I am enjoying his work presented on radio.

Bob

[Robert]

One of my Favorite authors.

[Riklaa]

The Winter Of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck

Part 2 of 2

Steinbeck,John - Winter of our discontent - 2 (R4 1995-02-19).mp3