''The Chrysalids'' is an adaptation of the

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1955 novel of the same name, produced as a

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by the

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in March 1981. It was first broadcast on

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on the 25 April 1981 with an audience of 150,000 listeners. The play was edited into three half hour episodes and broadcast in

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from 10 June to 24 June 1983. (There was a new adaptation of the book by Jane Rogers in 2012, broadcast in two one-hour episodes on BBC Radio 4.)

CD release

The Radio Play was released on CD as an

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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

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Back cover synopsis

"Ten-year-old David is a happy, ordinary boy, untroubled except for occasional strange dreams about a mysterious city - until he befriends Sophie, who is unlike anybody he has met before: she has six toes. But in the ultra-religious village of Waknut, all abnormality is abhorred as an offense against God, and he must keep her secret to himself. When he learns that he, too, is 'deviant', he realises that differences can be very dangerous indeed..."

Cast and credits

*David.......................

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*Rosalind.................... Amanda Murray *Petra.......................

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*Michael.....................

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*Katherine................... Phillipa Ritchie *Rachel...................... Jennifer Lee *Anne........................ Kathryn Hurlbutt *David as a child............

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*Sofie as a child............ Elissa Derwent *Mrs Wender/Sealander........ Jennifer Piercey *Mr Wender/Spiderman......... Robin Browne *Mary........................

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*Father...................... Peter Baldwin *Mother...................... Sonia Fraser *Uncle Axel.................. Michael Spice *Inspector...................

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*Jacob.......................

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*Sopie.......................

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Dramatized by

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Produced by Michael Bartlett

References

External links

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BBC H2G2 Synopsis/Analysis of ''The Chrysalids

Quotes From ''The Chrysalids''

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