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A chance meeting and an old friend tells Fridolin of a secret masked ball where revellers cavort with beautiful naked women.

Read by Paul Rhys.

Published in 1926, Arthur Schnitzler’s ‘Dream Story’ was alternately titled ‘Rhapsody’ and, in the original German, ‘Traumnovelle’.

Credited as the novella that inspired Stanley Kubrick's last film.

Translated by JMQ Davies.

Producer: Eugene Murphy

Made for Â鶹Éç7 and first broadcast in September 2003.