Drama on 3 - Arms and the Man

Arms and the Man by Bernard Shaw with Rory Kinnear and Lydia Leonard. Directed by David Timson It is 1885, and there is trouble in the Balkans. The Serbians and the Bulgarians are at war. Raina Petkoff is convinced her fiancé Major Sergius Saranoff will glorify himself in the war and become her hero - but after a dramatic encounter with a down-to-earth Serbian officer who hides in her room, she is brought face to face with the mundane truth about the conflict rather than its glories. The ideals and realities of war, hypocrisy and nationalism are all entertainingly explored in this rare romantic comedy by one of our most acerbic writers. ARMS AND THE MAN by Bernard Shaw CAST LIST: CAPTAIN BLUNTSCHLI Rory Kinnear RAINA PETKOFFLydia Leonard MAJOR SERGIUS SARANOFF Tom Mison MAJOR PETKOFFHugh Ross CATHERINE PETKOFF Frances Jeater NICOLAGlen McCready LOUKA Jo Herbert MAJOR PLECHANOFFRoger May DirectorDavid Timson Technical DirectionNorman Goodman ProducerNicolas Soames An Ukemi Productions Ltd production for Radio 3. Producer Nicolas Soames.