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Radio 4,01 Jan 2022,57 mins

The Dramatisation: Part 2

The Princess Bride

Available for 23 days

“This is my favourite book in all the world, though I have never read it”. When Goldman discovers The Princess Bride by S Morgenstern is not the swashbuckling fantasy his father read him as a child, but is in fact a patchy and extensive historical satire, he sets out to create the “Good Parts” version… A tale of true love and high adventure featuring a fighting giant that loves to rhyme, a swordsman on the ultimate quest for revenge, a pirate in love with a princess, a princess in love with a farm boy and a prince in love with war. First a novel, then a film, now an audio experience: The Best Bits of the Good Parts Version by Stephen Keyworth. A two-part dramatisation of swashbuckling adventure plus five bitesize backstories which can be enjoyed as stand-alone stories or to enhance your experience of the drama. The Dramatisation: Part 2 With Westley captured and Buttercup on the cusp of marrying the dastardly Prince Humperdinck, there are only two people in the world who can save the day – Inigo and Fezzik. But one of them is lost and the other is drunk. Cast: Buttercup … Ruby Barker Fezzik … Tyler Collins Inigo… Emun Elliott Count Rugen … Robin Laing Goldman Snr / Arch Dean / Max …Crawford Logan Westley … Lorn Macdonald Prince Humperdinck / William Goldman…Grant O’Rourke Hellin / Valerie …Rosalind Sydney Sound recording: Joanne Willott Sound design: Fraser Jackson Directed by Kirsty Williams

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