TV series
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988, English.
This documentary series uses drama and commentary to shed light on the lives and works of Joseph Conrad, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, T. S. Eliot, Henrik Ibsen, James Joyce, Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Luigi Pirandello, Marcel Proust and Virginia Woolf.
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 11
- Episode length
- Varies
- Status
- Cancelled in 1988
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Latest episode
S1 E11: Ten Great Writers: The Seminar
Aired 20 March 1988
Seasons 1
Cast & crew
- Anthony BurgessSelf · 2 ep
- Eileen AtkinsVirginia Woolf · 2 ep
- Douglas HodgeRaskolnikov · 2 ep
- Hermione LeeSelf · 2 ep
- George SteinerSelf · 2 ep
- John CastlePeter Walsh · 1 ep
- Robert DawsSeptimus Warren-Smith · 1 ep
- Rupert DegasReader: 'The Waves' · 1 ep
- Katy BeheanSonya · 1 ep
- Vas Blackwood(voice) · 1 ep
- John Challis(voice) · 1 ep
- Mair ColemanMrs. Marmeladov · 1 ep
Details
- First aired
- 10 January 1988
- Last aired
- 20 March 1988
- Language
- English
- Type
- Scripted
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The Modern World: Ten Great Writers has 1 season and 11 episodes.
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