The Way We Live Right Now
British radio novel adaptation
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The Way We Live Right Now was a BBC Radio Four adaptation of the Anthony Trollope novel The Way We Live Now, re-setting it in the present day.[2][3] It was written by Jonathan Myerson for the Woman's Hour serial and broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 15 episodes of twelve minutes[4] duration over three weeks in June 2008.[1]
| Genre | Radio drama |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Home station | BBC Radio Four |
| Starring | Henry Goodman Dexter Fletcher John Rowe Nyasha Hatendi David Bamber Lucy Montgomery Sheridan Smith Chipo Chung Ben Crowe Emily Wachter Annette Badland Liz Sutherland Stephen Critchlow |
| Written by | Anthony Trollope (original) Jonathan Myerson (adaptation)[1] |
| Website | www |
Myerson updated Trollope's 1875 novel to show that financial venality was just as prevalent in 2008.[1] Myerson found the modern equivalent of aristocrats-for-sale in "celebs".[1] Myerson found the modern equivalent of a bogus railroad scheme in a Big Pharma antibiotic alternative.[1]
Cast
- Henry Goodman - Ghassan Mehmoud
- Dexter Fletcher -‘Flex’ Carbury
- John Rowe - Anthony Trollope
- Nyasha Hatendi - Paul Montague
- David Bamber - Rt. Hon. Jeremy Longstaff
- Lucy Montgomery - Georgiana Longstaff
- Sheridan Smith - Ruby Ruggles
- Chipo Chung - Marie Mehmoud
- Ben Crowe - Roger Lloyd-Montague
- Emily Wachter - Hetta Carbury
- Annette Badland - Tilly Carbury
- Liz Sutherland - Helen Croll
- Stephen Critchlow - Nick Broune