Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

9. Misfortune

Episode 9 of 10

Emma Bovary's complicated and unfulfilled life starts to unravel. Stars John Hurt, Sarah Smart and Jude Akuwudike.

By dint of buying on credit and never paying, by constantly trying to fill the void in her inner life, Emma finds herself in serious trouble...

Gustave Flaubert's French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness - the first great novel of adultery.

Narrated by John Hurt.

Dramatised by Diana Griffiths from Margaret Mauldon's translation.

Narrator ...... John Hurt
Emma ...... Sarah Smart
Monsieur Homais ...... David Fleeshman
Leon Dupuis ...... James D'Arcy
Monsieur Lheureux ...... Seamus O'Neill
Rodolphe Boulanger ...... Jude Akuwudike
Felicite ...... Sarah Jane Hallworth
Maitre Guillaumin ...... Russell Dixon

Producer: Pauline Harris

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in September 2006.

15 minutes

Last on

Fri 6 Oct 2023 02:15
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

More episodes

Previous

8. Torment

Next

10. Mounting Debts

See all episodes from Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Broadcasts

  • Thu 7 Aug 2008 10:00
    麻豆社 Radio 7
  • Thu 7 Aug 2008 21:00
    麻豆社 Radio 7
  • Fri 8 Aug 2008 02:00
    麻豆社 Radio 7
  • Thu 17 Dec 2009 11:00
    麻豆社 Radio 7
  • Thu 17 Dec 2009 21:00
    麻豆社 Radio 7
  • Fri 18 Dec 2009 02:00
    麻豆社 Radio 7
  • Thu 11 Nov 2010 11:00
    麻豆社 Radio 7
  • Thu 11 Nov 2010 21:00
    麻豆社 Radio 7
  • Fri 12 Nov 2010 02:00
    麻豆社 Radio 7
  • Thu 30 May 2013 14:00
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Thu 26 Jan 2017 14:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 27 Jan 2017 02:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Thu 25 Jul 2019 14:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 26 Jul 2019 02:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Thu 2 Dec 2021 14:15
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 3 Dec 2021 02:15
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Thu 5 Oct 2023 07:15
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Thu 5 Oct 2023 12:15
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Thu 5 Oct 2023 17:15
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 6 Oct 2023 02:15
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra