Dorothy Gladys "Dodie" Smith was an English novelist and playwright. She is best known for writing the children's novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians. In her lifetime, spent in both England and the United States, Smith wrote 9 novels, 11 theatre plays and 2 film screenplays.
Her novel ‘The Hundred and One Dalmatians’ was adapted into a 1961 animated film and a 1996 live-action film, both produced by Disney. Her novel ‘I Capture the Castle’ was voted number 82 in "the nation's 100 best-loved novels" by the British public in the BBC's ‘The Big Read’ (2003).
I Capture the Castle In the ruins of medieval castle, deep in rural 1930's Suffolk, funny, intelligent 17 year old Cassandra Mortmain attempts to capture her family's life in a journal. Their isolation is disrupted by the arrival of rich American brothers Simon and Neil and desperate to escape the family's grinding poverty, Cassandra's beautiful older sister Rose determines to marry Simon. Cassandra .... Holliday Grainger Rose .... Scarlett Alice Johnson Mortmain .... Toby Jones Topaz .... Charlotte Emmerson Thomas .... Sam Hattersley Stephen .... Harry McEntire Simon .... John Macmillan Neil .... Henry Devas Shop Assistant .... Martha Loader Written by Dodie Smith Directed by Nadia Molinari First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2015
Do you enjoy the variety on Oldtuberadio? Like, Share and Subscribe to be notified of our new shows #radio #crime #thriller #drama To Support this channel please visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oldtuberadio https://ko-fi.com/oldtuberadio98 https://www.patreon.com/oldtuberadio https://locals.com/Oldtuberadio
