Chip Lands a New Job
Chip Lambert is anxious to make some urgent corrections to the draft of his screenplay before producer Eden Procuro reads it. But Eden has other plans for him.
Jonathan Franzen's exuberant saga of a dysfunctional Midwestern family, starring Richard Schiff (The West Wing), Maggie Steed, Colin Stinton and Julian Rhind-Tutt.
Episode 3 - Chip lands a new job: Failed academic and aspiring screenwriter, Chip Lambert, has made an early exit from the planned lunch with his parents. He is anxious to make some urgent corrections to the draft of his screenplay, before producer Eden Procuro reads it. But Eden has other plans for him.
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 included in TIME magazine's 2005 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) and a personal history (The Discomfort Zone).
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) and the stage version of When Harry Met Sally (Theatre Royal Haymarket).
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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
- Wed 7 Jan 2015 10:40麻豆社 Radio 4
- Wed 7 Jan 2015 19:45麻豆社 Radio 4