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The Bottle Imp by RL Stevenson

Native Hawaiian Keawe buys a bottle promising love, fame and money - but there's a drawback. Stars David Rintoul and Tony Osoba.

"If any man buys this bottle, the imp is at his command. All that he desires - love, fame, money, are his."

Native Hawaiian Keawe is tempted to buy the bottle - but soon discovers there is one drawback...

Stars David Rintoul and Tony Osoba.

First published in 1891, Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of the supernatural in the South Sea.

Dramatised by Donald Johnson.

Narrator .... David Rintoul
Keawe .... Tony Osoba
Kokua ..... Nina Wadia
American / Old Man .... Peter Whitman
Lopaka .... Ian Masters
Young Man .... Malcolm Ward
Bosun .... Don McCorkindale

Director: Matthew Walters

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in December 1994.

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 8 Dec 2025 00:00

Broadcasts

  • Sat 3 Jul 2010 18:30
  • Sun 4 Jul 2010 00:30
  • Sat 16 Jun 2012 18:30
  • Sun 17 Jun 2012 00:30
  • Fri 6 Sep 2013 18:30
  • Sat 7 Sep 2013 00:30
  • Sun 7 Dec 2025 16:00
  • Mon 8 Dec 2025 00:00