BBC R4 - Diary Of A Madman

BBC R4 - Nicolai Gogol's 'Diary Of A Madman'

Adapted by James Burke

Music by Peter Shead

Performed by Kenneth Williams

Directed by Richard Williams (1963)

Produced by Ned Chaillet and John Whitehall (1991)

Broadcast April 30, 1991*

Coded from tape at 128/44.1



A clerk is driven mad by his obsession for a woman who

doesn't notice him. Williams plays it so straight that the

madness seems in character.



Mind, with poodles carrying messages - didn't Gogol

intend this to be a comedy?

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*Recorded in 1963 for an abortive animation project.

There was a short documentary preceding the play which

explained why the audio track was sat on; but I can't

find it.