The Milk of Paradise by Alain-Fournier

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Augustin Meaulnes spends a night at the old chateau. During a fancy-dress party for a vanished bride, he has a brief but fateful encounter with the lovely Yvonne. To his friend Francois Seurel (the narrator), this seems the very stuff of fantasy. Yet time is to prove it real – and for Francois, the watcher over four lives - too real… A bewitching tale of a young man's dream of happiness. Starring Timothy Bateson, Albert Finney and Clare Austin. Alain Fournier’s novel Le Grand Meaulnes, first published in 1913. Translated and adapted by Barbara Bray. Francois Seurel ... Timothy Bateson Augustin Meaulnes ... Albert Finney Yvonne de Galais ... Clare Austin Jasmin Delouche ... John Scott M. Seurel ... Frederick Treves Mme. Seurel ... Catherine Salkeld Aunt Moinel ... Dorothy Green Frantz de Galais ... Lyndon Brook Mme. Meaulnes ... Mary Morell Desnoues / Uncle Florentin ... Frank Windsor M. de Galais / Man ... Duncan McIntyre Ganache / Doctor ... John Cazabon Firmin ... David Spenser Marie Louise / Girl 1 ... Patricia Leventon Peasant Woman / Girl 2 ... Hilda Schroder Boy 1 ... Anthony Adams Boy 2 ... Jean England Boy 3 ... Peter Wilde Boy 4 ... Clive Parritt Music composed by Elizabeth Poston. Conducted by Douglas Robinson. Producer: Barbara Bray First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in January 1959.