CHRISTMAS EVE

[SHORT-STORY]

RADIO 4: “Festive comic drama by Imison Award-winner Adam Beeson, based on a short story by

Nikolai Gogol.”

AFTERNOON PLAY (RADIO 4, LONDON—BBC)
[Wednesday—2:15-3:00 PM]

December 24, 2008Christmas Eve

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BBC RADIO 4:

“…As the snow falls on Christmas Eve in the Ukrainian

village of Dikanka, the local witch is in league with a devil to steal the

moon and the stars. Meanwhile, the witch’s son goes on a magical night

flight to St. Petersburg to borrow a pair of shoes from Catherine the

Great…”]

SCRIPT:

Adam Beeson (adapted from the story by Nikolai Gogol).

PERSONNEL:

Bruce Young (producer/director).

CAST:

Dave Anderson (Gogol), Juliet Cadzow (Solokha), Paul Thomas Hickey

(Devil), Crawford Logan (The Mayor), Mark McDonnell (Chub), Steven McNicol

(Vakula), Lucy Paterson (Oksana), Ralph Riach (Deacon).

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