Excellent R3 drama last night for all you Austrophiles (though it doesn't show the dear old KUK in a particularly good light); verbatim from R3 ...



2015 marks the 50th anniversary of John Osborne's sensational and ground breaking epic play about Alfred Redl. Redl was an officer in the Austro Hungarian intelligence service in the 1890s. His homosexuality made him a target for blackmail and persecution. Perhaps surprisingly, Osborne's play is not only a sweeping epic but also an angry plea for tolerance and a condemnation of hypocrisy that is as relevant now as it was to him in 1965.

The play has been credited with helping to bring an end to official censorship in the UK.

A Patriot for Me centres on an ambitious rising star in the Austrian army, in the decadent society of turn-of-the-century Austria, whose journey of self-discovery leads to blackmail, betrayal and murder. Redl is compromised by his newly realised sexual freedom and is compelled by the Russian army to spy on the country and countrymen he cares for.

29 days left to listen

Excellent.

Thanks for notifying us about it Cameronian. It was great. BBC radio shows are very good. If you have not look up their Gunpowder Treason and Plot one. It is masterful!

Agreed, it was superb.

 

NOOOOOOOO !.......Even more stuff to listen to !
I can't keep up !! 
Cheers - Phil. (Curse Nobby for putting me on to the iPlayer !  )

I've seen the film and now I've heard the radio drama, Redl seemed less of a b*stard in the film but really vicious in the radio version; good fin de siècle stuff (sadly    )