Ann Radcliffe - The Mysteries Of Udolpho

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It's 1584. A stay in a mysterious chateau impacts on the life of young Emily St Aubert.

Starring Deborah Berlin as Emily and Robert Glenister as Valancourt.

Ann Radcliffe's fourth novel 'The Mysteries of Udolpho' was published 1794. It follows the fortunes of Emily St Aubert who has to endure the death of her father, supernatural terrors in a gloomy castle and the machinations of an Italian brigand. This quintessential Gothic novel, along with Radcliffe's 'The Romance of the Forest' plays a prominent role in Jane Austen's 'Northanger Abbey'.

Dramatised by Catherine Czerkawska.

Emily - Deborah Berlin

St Aubert - Ioan Meredith

Valancourt - Robert Glenister

Madame Cheron - Tina Gray

Montoni - Keith Drinkel

Michael/Cavigni - Christopher Scott.

Annette - Rachel Atkins.

With Ann Beach, Shirley Dixon and Stephen Thorne.

Director: David Blount

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4in October 1996.

It's 1584, and a stay in a mysterious chateau impacts on young Emily St Aubert's life.

It's 1584, and a stay in a mysterious chateau impacts on young Emily St Aubert's life. Stars Deborah Berlin and Robert Glenister.

Dramatised by Catherine Czerkawska. Directed by David Blount.

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20141030 (BBC7)
20240622 (BBC7)
Can Emily escape the clutches of the evil Montoni and learn her father's secret?

Starring Deborah Berlin as Emily, Keith Drinkel as Montoni and Robert Glenister as Valancourt.

Ann Radcliffe's fourth novel 'The Mysteries of Udolpho' was published 1794. It follows the fortunes of Emily St Aubert who has to endure the death of her father, supernatural terrors in a gloomy castle and the machinations of an Italian brigand. This quintessential Gothic novel, along with Radcliffe's 'The Romance of the Forest' plays a prominent role in Jane Austen's 'Northanger Abbey'.

Dramatised by Catherine Czerkawska. Directed by David Blount.

Emily - Deborah Berlin

Valancourt - Robert Glenister

Montoni - Keith Drinkel

Madame Montoni - Tina Gray

Annette - Rachel Atkins.

Abbess - Jill Graham

Sister Agnes - Shirley Dixon

Dorothée - Ann Beach

With: Julian Parkin, Denys Hawthorne, Mark Bonnar, Chris Pavlo, Colleen Prendergast and Stephen Thorne.

Director: David Blount

Can Emily escape the clutches of the evil Montoni and learn her father's secret? Stars Deborah Berlin and Robert Glenister.