Heidi by Johanna Spyri

Heidi by Johanna Spyri

A BC Radio 4 full-cast dramatization of Johanna Spyri s endearing Swiss classic.

When Heidi, a lively orphan girl, goes to live with her grandfather in a little hut high in the Alps, she soon learns to live in perfect harmony with her surroundings, leading a carefree life with her constant companion, Peter, a young goatherd.

But her happiness is short-lived when she is sent to stay with a rich city family as a companion for the sick Clara. Although she becomes fond of the older girl, Heidi is terribly homesick.

Will she ever be able to return to the Alps and the happiness she once knew with her friends?

Johanna Spyri s touching story of the adventures of a young Swiss girl is one of the most popular children s stories ever written. Heidi s pleasure in the beauty of the Swiss mountains and her rich relationships with her friends and family are perfectly evoked in this warm and lively full-cast radio dramatization.

Cast & Credits

Written by Johanna Spyri / First broadcast: BC Radio 4, December 29, 1995 / Dramatized by Bernie Doherty / Recorded at Maida Vale Studios, London W9 / Heidi: Ciara Janson / Grandfather: Richard Johnson / Fraulein Rottenmeier: Rosalind Knight / Frau Sesemann: Michael N. Harbour / Clara: Kirsty Adams / Peter: Mark Burrows / Dete: Debbie Arnold / Grandmother: Zulema Dene / Brigitta: Patience Tomlinson / Herr Tutor: Christopher Good / Herr Doctor: Neville Jason / Pastor: James Greene / Tinette: Sandra James Young / Sebasitan: Mark Straker / Hurdy Gurdy Boy: Paul Bailey / Clock Tower Keeper: David Collings / Hurdy Gurdy Player: Michael Muskett / Directed by Janet Whitaker / Music composed by David Chiton and Nick Russell-Pavier

A BC Radio 4 full-cast dramatization of Johanna Spyri s endearing Swiss classic.

When Heidi, a lively orphan girl, goes to live with her grandfather in a little hut high in the Alps, she soon learns to live in perfect harmony with her surroundings, leading a carefree life with her constant companion, Peter, a young goatherd.

But her happiness is short-lived when she is sent to stay with a rich city family as a companion for the sick Clara. Although she becomes fond of the older girl, Heidi is terribly homesick.

Will she ever be able to return to the Alps and the happiness she once knew with her friends?

Johanna Spyri s touching story of the adventures of a young Swiss girl is one of the most popular children s stories ever written. Heidi s pleasure in the beauty of the Swiss mountains and her rich relationships with her friends and family are perfectly evoked in this warm and lively full-cast radio dramatization.

Cast & Credits

Written by Johanna Spyri / First broadcast: BC Radio 4, December 29, 1995 / Dramatized by Bernie Doherty / Recorded at Maida Vale Studios, London W9 / Heidi: Ciara Janson / Grandfather: Richard Johnson / Fraulein Rottenmeier: Rosalind Knight / Frau Sesemann: Michael N. Harbour / Clara: Kirsty Adams / Peter: Mark Burrows / Dete: Debbie Arnold / Grandmother: Zulema Dene / Brigitta: Patience Tomlinson / Herr Tutor: Christopher Good / Herr Doctor: Neville Jason / Pastor: James Greene / Tinette: Sandra James Young / Sebasitan: Mark Straker / Hurdy Gurdy Boy: Paul Bailey / Clock Tower Keeper: David Collings / Hurdy Gurdy Player: Michael Muskett / Directed by Janet Whitaker / Music composed by David Chiton and Nick Russell-Pavier

Johanna Spyri was born in a country village in Switzerland in 1827. Her father was a doctor and she had five brothers and sisters. Later she moved to the capital Zurich to go to school and she eventually settled there with her husband Bernhard, who was a lawyer. Johanna began writing in 1871 and wrote many stories which quickly became very popular. Her husband and son both died tragically in 1884, but Johanna consoled herself with charity work and writing, as well as looking after her orphaned niece. She died in her Swiss village home in 1903. Heidi is Johanna Spyri's best known and most popular novel - it has been translated from German into over fifty languages and over fifty million copies have been sold worldwide.

Richard Johnson works from a humble studio situated on the edge of a vast wood somewhere in Lincolnshire, England. He's been drawing since he was old enough to hold a pencil, these days he enjoys making pictures for all sorts of reasons; whether they're for Children's Books, Advertisements, Magazines, School Visits, Mural Paintings or more personal projects. He's been working as an illustrator since graduating with a first degree in Illustration since 1999.

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ISBN 13	9781101908136
ISBN 10	1101908130
Title	Heidi
Author	Johanna Spyri
Series	Everyman's Library Children's Classics Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2019-02-05
Number of pages	384
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