1. The Literary Life

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"Berlin's the place for someone like me - where everybody is somebody or knows somebody who's somebody. I need only sit here, make myself agreeable, and by the end of summer everybody in the Cafe Hurrah will be shouting 'Hurrah' for me..." Heinrich Mann's novel was first published in 1900. Originally titled "In The Land of Cockaigne", this is the story of the rise and fall of Andrew Zumsee, an innocent but self-confident young poet from the provinces, as he attempts to make a name for himself in Berlin society. Starring John Kielty. Dramatised in two parts by Patricia Hannah. Andrew Zumsee .... John Kielty Adelheid Turkheimer .... Joanna Tope Louis Turkheimer .... John Shedden Karl Kaflisch .... Simon Tait Dr Bedeiner .... Ralph Riach Lizzi Laffe .... Vivienne Dixon Diederich Klempner .... Gregor Powrie Friederich Kopf .... Simon Donaldson Asta Turkheimer .... Lucy Paterson Frau Moore...............Stella Forge Clare Pinbush...........Hilary Neville Blosch.........................Mark McDonald Heinrich Mann .... James Bryce Director: David Jackson Young First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004 **** The older brother of Thomas Mann, Heinrich Mann is probably best remembered today as the author of the book which inspired the film "The Blue Angel".