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The Modern World: Ten Great Writers (1988)

1988-01-10 · EN
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This documentary series uses drama and commentary to shed light on the lives and works of Joseph Conrad, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, T. S. Eliot, Henrik Ibsen, James Joyce, Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Luigi Pirandello, Marcel Proust and Virginia Woolf.

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Kim EvansDirectorNigel WattisDirectorDavid ThomasDirectorDavid HintonDirector, Writer

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John CastleJohn CastlePeter WalshRobert DawsRobert DawsSeptimus Warren-SmithRupert DegasRupert DegasReader: 'The Waves'Katy BeheanKaty BeheanSonyaVas BlackwoodVas Blackwood(voice)John ChallisJohn Challis(voice)Mair ColemanMair ColemanMrs. MarmeladovDerek DeadmanDerek DeadmanConvict 1Charlie DrakeCharlie DrakeMarmeladovSabina FranklynSabina Franklyn(voice)John JonesJohn JonesSelfPatrick MalahidePatrick MalahideUnderground Man

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This documentary series uses drama and commentary to shed light on the lives and works of Joseph Conrad, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, T. S. Eliot, Henrik Ibsen, James Joyce, Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Luigi Pirandello, Marcel Proust and Virginia Woolf.