Ten Great Writers of the Modern World

1988Documentary, Biography,
8.5
This documentary series uses drama and commentary to shed light on the lives and works of Joseph Conrad, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, T. S. Eliot, Henrik Ibsen, James Joyce, Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Luigi Pirandello, Marcel Proust and Virginia Woolf.

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1 Season

  • Season 1
    Season 111 Episodes

Cast of Ten Great Writers of the Modern World

  • Anthony BurgessSelf
  • Eileen AtkinsVirginia Woolf
  • Douglas HodgeRaskolnikov
  • Hermione LeeSelf
  • George SteinerSelf
  • John CastlePeter Walsh
  • Robert DawsSeptimus Warren-Smith
  • Rupert DegasReader: 'The Waves'
  • Katy BeheanSonya
  • Vas Blackwood(voice)
  • John Challis(voice)
  • Mair ColemanMrs. Marmeladov
  • Derek DeadmanConvict 1
  • Charlie DrakeMarmeladov
  • Sabina Franklyn(voice)
  • John JonesSelf
  • Patrick MalahideUnderground Man
  • Ian McDiarmidDostoevsky
  • Orla PedersonConvict 2
  • Timothy SpallPorfiry
  • Sara SugarmannNastasya
  • Ann WayOld Woman
  • James AubreyFrank Budgen
  • Dermot CrowleyJoe Hynes
  • Sorcha CusackMolly Bloom
  • Tony DoyleNarrator (voice)
  • Francesca FolanZoe Higgins
  • Clive HartSelf
  • John LynchStephen Dedalus
  • T. P. McKennaCitizen
  • Deirdra MorrisNora Joyce
  • Patricia MortMay Dedalus
  • Bryan MurrayJames Joyce
  • Patricia QuinnBella Cohen
  • David SuchetLeopold Bloom
  • Frances BarberWinnie Verloc
  • Hywel BennettProfessor
  • Peter BlytheVladimir
  • Jim BroadbentOssipon
  • Keith CarabineSelf
  • Kenneth ColleyChief Inspector Heat
  • Graham CrowdenHome Secretary
  • David DoyleStevie
  • Brian GloverAdolf Verloc
  • Richard PascoJoseph Conrad (voice)
  • V.S. PritchettSelf
  • Julia BlalockMother
  • Michel ButorSelf
  • Eleanor DavidGilberte Swann
  • Dominic JephcottRobert St. Loup
  • Terence KilmartinSelf
  • Zoe MairYoung Gilberte / Mlle. St. Loup
  • Roger ReesMarcel Proust / Marcel
  • Paul ReynoldsYoung Marcel Proust
  • Grace WilkinsonAlbertine
  • Paul BrookeDr. Hofrat Behrens
  • Iain CuthbertsonMynheer Peeperkorn
  • Ben DanielsHans Castorp
  • John GrilloNaphta
  • Haydn GwynneMme. Chauchat
  • Nigel HamiltonSelf
  • Tim McInnernySettembrini
  • John ShrapnelThomas Mann
  • Pippa VickersNurse
  • Suzanne BertishRebekka West
  • Brian CoxHenrik Ibsen (voice)
  • Roger Lloyd PackRosmer
  • Michael MeyerSelf
  • John MortimerSelf
  • David RyallPastor Kroll
  • Anthony StorrSelf
  • D.M. ThomasSelf
  • Christina GreatrexLady Bradshaw
  • Eva GriffithYoung Clarissa Dalloway
  • Oona KirschSally Seton
  • Jenifer LandorLucrezia Warren-Smith
  • Gerard LoganYoung Peter Walsh
  • Susan TracyMrs. Dalloway
  • Sylvestra Le TouzelMarta Abba / Stepdaughter
  • Ian McNeiceEgisto Oliveri / Producer / Philip / Doctor
  • Julian MitchellSelf
  • Leonardo SciasciaSelf
  • Reginald StewartLamberto Picasso / Father / Belcridi
  • Patricia ThornsJane Frigero / Mother / Countess
  • John WoodvineRuggio Ruggeri / Henry IV / Leone
  • Peter AckroydSelf
  • T. S. EliotSelf (voice) (archive sound)
  • Edward FoxReader
  • Michael GoughReader
  • Frank KermodeSelf
  • Craig RaineSelf
  • Stephen SpenderSelf
  • David BarrassWarder
  • John BennettChaplain / Father
  • Michael BryantAdvocate
  • Tatyana ColomboLeni / Washerwoman
  • Kit JacksonClerk
  • Matthew MarshWarder
  • Bill PatersonTitorelli
  • Lucy PearceGiggling Girl
  • Oscar QuitakJudge
  • Tim RothFranz Kafka / Joseph K.
  • Barrie RutterInspector
  • Naomi WattisGiggling Girl
  • Mark Wing-DaveyFranz Kafka (voice)
  • Malcolm BradburySelf
  • Melvyn BraggSelf
  • David ThomasDirector / Producer
  • Nigel WattisDirector / Producer
  • Kim EvansDirector / Producer
  • David HintonDirector / Writer
  • David HintonProducer

 

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