CD Audiobook
The wind in the willows [sound recording] / [based on the book] by Kenneth Grahame ; [dramatised by Alan Bennett ; directed by David Blount]. --
Record details
- ISBN: 1846071178 (s.r.)
- ISBN: 9781846071171 (s.r.)
- Physical Description: 2 sound discs (2 hr.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in. --
- Publisher: Bath [England] : BBC Audiobooks, p2006.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Compact discs. "This recording was previously released on cassette in 1994"--Container. "A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation"--Container. Program notes inserted in container. Index points at regular intervals. All discs in permanent container. |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Music and songs composed by Jeremy Sams. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Alan Bennett, Richard Briers, Nikolas Grace, Derek Waring, Adrian Scarborough, and others. |
| Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: | Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 27 August, 1994. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 33.16 |
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| Lakeshore Branch | JCD FIC Graha | 31681002398923 | JCDFIC | Available | - |
Kenneth Grahame was born in Edinburgh on 8 March 1859. He was brought up by his grandmother in Cookham Dene in Berkshire and went to school in Oxford before starting work at the Bank of England. He was unable to go to university because of his family's lack of money. His stories and essays were initially published in periodicals such as the Yellow Book and then collected together as Pagan Papers (1893). This was followed by The Golden Age (1895) and Dream Days (1898). The Wind in the Willows (1908) is based on letters and stories that Graham made for his only child, Alistair. The novel's popularity grew slowly over the years and A. A. Milne's dramatisation of the novel as Toad of Toad Hall brought it greater success. Kenneth Grahame died on 6 July 1932.
Kenneth Grahame was born in Edinburgh on 8 March 1859. He was brought up by his grandmother in Cookham Dene in Berkshire and went to school in Oxford before starting work at the Bank of England. He was unable to go to university because of his family's lack of money.
His stories and essays were initially published in periodicals such as the Yellow Book and then collected together as Pagan Papers (1893). This was followed by The Golden Age (1895) and Dream Days (1898).
The Wind in the Willows (1908) is based on letters and stories that Graham made for his only child, Alistair. The novel's popularity grew slowly over the years and A.A. Milne's dramatisation of the novel as Toad of Toad Hall brought it greater success. Kenneth Grahame died on 6 July 1932.
Alan Bennett is one of Britain's best-loved and most highly acclaimed writers. He has written widely for radio, television and theatre. His latest play, The History Boys, won several awards, including Evening Standard and Critics' Circle Awards for Best Play and the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play. It also won six Tony Awards, including Best Play, following an extremely successful transfer to Broadway. In 2006 Bennett was named Author of the Year at the British Book Awards for Untold Stories, his collection of memoirs and diaries.
