The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
Dramatized by Michelene Wandor
Directed by Chris Wallace
BBC Radio 4 1997
Music Composed and played by Andy Roberts
Length 1hr 28mins
Plot[]
Published in 1765 and acknowleged as the first "Gothic" novel. Manfred, Prince of Otranto, had one son and one daughter: the latter, a most beautiful virgin, aged eighteen, was called Matilda. Conrad, the son, was three years younger, a homely youth, sickly, and of no promising disposition; yet he was the darling of his father, who never showed any symptoms of affection to Matilda.
The Cast[]
- Father Jerome.....................David Burke
- Prince Manfred....................Gerrard Murphy
- Hippolyte.........................Alfonsia Emanuelle
- Isobella........................ Sylvestra Le Touzel
- Matilda...........................Susanah Corbet
- Theodore..........................Patrick Robinson
- Bianca............................Catherine Pampridge
- Federico..........................David Fleisham
- Iago..............................Robert Wheelan