How Not to Get Tenure
Failed academic and aspiring screenwriter Chip Lambert makes an early exit from the planned lunch with his parents. Where did his life start to go so wrong?
Jonathan Franzen's exuberant saga of a dysfunctional Midwestern family, starring Richard Schiff, Maggie Steed, Colin Stinton and Julian Rhind-Tutt.
Episode 2 - How not to get tenure: Failed academic and aspiring screenwriter, Chip Lambert, has made an early exit from the planned lunch with his parents, leaving his younger sister Denise to pick up the pieces. But where did Chip's life start to go so wrong?
Directed by Emma Harding
The Corrections is an acclaimed 2001 novel by American author Jonathan Franzen. It was awarded the National Book Award in 2001, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 2002, and was a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize. In 2005, The Corrections was included in TIME magazine's list of the 100 best English-language novels since 1923.
Jonathan Franzen is the author of four novels (Freedom, The Corrections, Strong Motion, and The Twenty-Seventh City), two collections of essays (Farther Away, How to Be Alone), a personal history (The Discomfort Zone), and a translation of Frank Wedekind's Spring Awakening. He lives in New York City and Santa Cruz, California
Marcy Kahan is a playwright and radio dramatist. Recent radio work includes two series of Lunch (starring Claire Skinner and Stephen Mangan) and Mr Bridger's Orphan. Theatre work includes 20 Cigarettes (Soho Theatre), the stage version of When Harry Met Sally (Theatre Royal Haymarket) and Goldberg Variations (Miranda Theatre, New York).
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Narrator | Richard Schiff |
Enid Lambert | Maggie Steed |
Alfred Lambert | Colin Stinton |
Gary Lambert | Richard Laing |
Chip Lambert | Julian Rhind-Tutt |
Denise Lambert | Roslyn Hill |
Julia Vrais | Kelly Burke |
Eden Procuro | Elaine Claxton |
Gitanas Misevicius | Sam Dale |
Melissa Paquette | Bettrys Jones |
Caroline Lambert | Jane Slavin |
Caleb Lambert | Adam Thomas Wright |
Jonah Lambert | Sean McCrystal |
Author | Jonathan Franzen |
Adaptor | Marcy Kahan |
Director | Emma Harding |
Broadcasts
- Tue 6 Jan 2015 10:45麻豆社 Radio 4
- Tue 6 Jan 2015 19:45麻豆社 Radio 4