Camille [Drama On 3]

‘What do we own, if not our lives?

Charithra Chandran (Edwina Sharma in ‘Bridgerton') stars in a bold, new adaptation of Pam Gems' powerful stage play.

When Camille, a famous courtesan, and Armaan, a young aristocrat, fall in love, they begin an eternal story about desperate dilemmas.

Based on Alexandre Dumas' novel ‘La Dame aux Cam退lias', which in turn inspired Verdi's opera ‘La traviata', ‘Camille' is a forceful retelling of one of the greatest tragic love stories in Western classical music. The play was first staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1984.

For this production - the first for radio - adaptor Satinder Chohan relocates the action from France to India. The original Parisian salons and courtesans of 1848 become the thriving courtesan houses of mid-19th-century Calcutta.

Camille - .. Charithra Chandran

Armaan - Ronak Patani

Maharaja - .. Narinder Samra

Premila - .. Shaheen Khan

Sophiya - .. Rameet Rauli

British General - .. David Holt

Dhanik - .. Nitin Ganatra

Ghassan - .. Ronny Jhutti

Yuvita - .. Manjeet Mann

Janpal - .. Robin Cross

With specially performed improvised music by Arun Ghosh (clarinet, harmonium, lute), Sarathy Korwar (tabla) and Preetha Narayanan (violin).

Production Co-ordinator: Sarah Tombling

Sound Designer: Paul Arnold

Director / Producer: Amber Barnfather

A Flare Path production for BBC Radio 3

Charithra Chandran stars in a bold, new adaptation of Pam Gems' powerful stage play.

‘What do we own, if not our lives?

Charithra Chandran (Edwina Sharma in ‘Bridgerton') stars in a bold, new adaptation of Pam Gems' powerful stage play.

Based on Alexandre Dumas's novel ‘La Dame aux Camélias', which in turn inspired Verdi's opera ‘La traviata', ‘Camille' is a forceful retelling of one of the greatest tragic love stories in western classical music. The play was first staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1984.

For this production – the first for radio – adaptor Satinder Chohan relocates the action from France to India. The original Parisian salons and courtesans of 1848 become the thriving courtesan houses of mid-19th-century Calcutta.

Charithra Chandran stars in a bold, new adaptation of Pam Gems's powerful stage play.

Pam Gems's powerful stage play reimagining the story of La traviata. Stars Charithra Chandran as Camille. Adapted by Satinder Chohan who relocates the action from Paris to India.