The Chrysalids (radio drama)
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The Chrysalids is an adaptation of the John Wyndham 1955 novel of the same name, produced as a radio play by the BBC in March 1981. It was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 25 April 1981 with an audience of 150,000 listeners. The play was edited into three half hour episodes and broadcast in Canada by CBC Radio from 10–24 June 1983.
The padio play was released on CD as an audiobook in 2007. It was entitled The Chrysalids & Survival and contained the original 1981 version of the Chrysalids and the 1989 BBC radio 4 adaptation of John Wyndham's Survival.
Cast and credits
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- Stephen Garlick as David
- Susan Sheridan as David as a child
- Amanda Murray as Rosalind
- Judy Bennett as Petra
- Spencer Banks as Michael
- Phillipa Ritchie as Katherine
- Jennifer Lee as Rachel
- Kathryn Hurlbutt as Anne
- Jennifer Piercey as Mrs Wender/Sealander
- Robin Browne as Mr Wender/Spiderman
- Elizabeth Rider as Mary
- Peter Baldwin as Father
- Sonia Fraser as Mother
- Michael Spice as Uncle Axel
- John Rye as Inspector
- William Eedle as Jacob
- Martyn Read as Skinner
- Jane Knoles as Sophie
- Elissa Derwent as Sophie as a child
- Dramatized by Barbara Clegg
- Produced by Michael Bartlett