Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa The Leopard - Sách nói Miễn phí

Drama on 3: The Leopard

Sun 11th May 2008, 20:00 on BBC Radio 3

By Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

Chronicles the changes in Sicilian life and society during the Risorgimento. A rich man's downfall.

Changes in Sicilian society during the unification of Italy in 1860 are seen through the eyes of an aristocratic family headed by Don Fabrizio, and the stories told by his servants and his confessor.

Adaptation by Michael Hastings, starring Stanley Townsend and Hayley Atwell.

Producer:…Nicholas Newton

Don Fabrizio:…Stanley Townsend

Princess Stella/Concetta at 70:….Julie Legrand

Concetta:….Claire Price

Angelica:….Hayley Atwell

Ciccio/Pallavicino/Priest:…Joseph Alessi

Father Pirrone:…James Hayes

Francesco/Carlo:….Tom Vaughan-Lawlor

Tancredi:..Tom Hiddleston

Calogero/Chevalley:…Anthony O'Donnell

Giovanni:…Harry McEntire

Angelica at 70:…..Claire Nielson

A solitary, melancholic man, author Tomasi di Lampedusa was deeply aware of his own mortality.