Marcel Proust: A la recherche du temps perdu
Overview
Withdrawing from the glittering high society he had so avidly courted, Marcel Proust spent the last decade of his life in virtual isolation, writing and revising Remembrance of Things Past. This program focuses on an intriguing dramatization of part seven of Proust’s magnum opus, in which narrator Marcel attends a reception for the new Princesse de Guermantes and discovers his life’s true vocation in the process. Professor Michel Butor, of Geneva University, and translator Terence Kilmartin add keen insights into the novel’s philosophical exploration of time, memory, and individual creativity.
Guest Stars
Julia Blalock
Mother
Michel Butor
Self
Eleanor David
Gilberte Swann
Dominic Jephcott
Robert St. Loup
Terence Kilmartin
Self
Zoe Mair
Young Gilberte / Mlle. St. Loup
Roger Rees
Marcel Proust / Marcel
Paul Reynolds
Young Marcel Proust