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Gentle, intelligent Oblomov fails to deal with life, never doing today what can be ignored until tomorrow. Stars Toby Jones.
Gentle, intelligent Oblomov completely fails to deal with life.
He lives in a flat in St Petersburg. He is always about to go and sort out his estate but he rarely gets out of bed. Never doing today what he can put off till tomorrow,
Toby Jones stars as Oblomov - a tragic-comic hero for a couch potato generation.
Russian writer, Ivan Goncharov's 1859 novel dramatised in two-parts by Stephen Wyatt.
Oblomov …. Toby Jones
Zahar …. Trevor Peacock
Tarantyev …. Gerard McDermott
Doctor …. Clive Swift
Stolz/Bailiff …. Nicholas Boulton
Olga …. Claire Skinner
Olga's Aunt …. Richenda Carey
Director: Claire Grove
First broadcast on Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4 in August 2005.
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