Laughter In The Dark [Drama On 3]

, by Vladimir Nabokov

Dramatised by Craig Higginson.

Set in Berlin, in a period moving inexorably towards World War II, this is the story of the downfall of a middle-aged married man who becomes infatuated with a young woman he meets in the cinema. She uses him with startling callousness and ultimately destroys him. This darkly erotic dramatisation comes to vivid life as events unfold in the mind of a man who becomes blind and can only guess at the gross betrayals inflicted on him by a younger and more ruthless generation.

Albert Albinus....Roger Allam

Margot Peters....Claire Price

Axel Rex....Alan Cox

Elizabeth....Geraldine Alexander

Irma....Lauren Bird

Frieda....Sarah Badel

Otto....Dale Rapley

Karl Schwarz....Ewan Bailey

Doctor....David Shaw-Parker

Chambermaid....Tracy Wiles

Composer: Howard Davidson

Directed by Maria Aitken

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