We By Yevgeni Zamyatin

[Riklaa]

BC Radio 4 - The Classic Serial
Sunday 18 April and 25 April 2004

We

By Yevgeni Zamyatin, adapted in two parts by Sean O'Brien.

1(2) In a post-revolutionary future, OneState is ruled according to the
principles of rationality. The penalty for dissent is death. D-503, the
chief engineer of the state, meets the beautiful I-330. Her initial
intentions seem innocent, but soon D starts to question her identity,
and indeed his own.

D-503 ...... Anton Lesser
R-13 ....... Don Warrington
U ...... Brigit Forsyth
I-330 ...... Joanna Riding
0-90 ...... Julia Rounthwaite
Benefactor ...... Russell Dixon
Tannoy ...... Emma Clarke
Babushka ...... Judith Davis
S ...... Patrick Bridgman
2nd Engineer ...... Paul Viragh

Directed in Manchester by Jim Poyser.

Part 1 of 2

[Mike Hobart]

I think I read the novel about 20 years ago, but I've forgotten most of it.

[Riklaa]

We

2/2. D-503 becomes increasingly infatuated by the beautiful I-330, although he suspects she is a revolutionary. The key to his fate seems to lie in the hands of the mysterious S - but who is S? An agent of the state? A revolutionary himself? D's ordered world unravels as the story hurtles towards its conclusion.

Part 2 of 2

[Rosanna]

This is a new one on me..
Thank you..!