Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/757628 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Glass Bead Game: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisation Author: Herman Hesse Narrator: Tom Ferguson, Full Cast, Derek Jacobi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 7 minutes Release date: May 9, 2024 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: A full-cast adaptation of the classic novel by Nobel Prize-winner Hermann Hesse, starring Derek Jacobi – plus a bonus short story Originally published in 1943, The Glass Bead Game was Herman Hesse’s last novel. It was hailed as his magnum opus, and was instrumental in securing him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946. Set in a utopian future society, it explores themes of knowledge, individualism, creativity and spirituality, and has inspired contemporary thinkers from authors to game designers. Narrated by Derek Jacobi, this two-part radio drama tells the story of Joseph Knecht (Tom Ferguson), plucked from obscurity as a young orphan, admitted to the finest elite school and groomed for greatness in the Castalian Order. This select group of intellectuals live a closeted life of study and devotion to the Glass Bead Game, an elaborate game that is the most complete possible expression of every discipline – from science and mathematics to the arts, music and philosophy. As the years go by, Joseph strives to grasp the innermost meaning of the Game and understand its complexities and possibilities. He becomes a leading light in the Order, and is sent on a diplomatic mission to bridge the gulf between the Catholic Church and Castalia. But he never stops questioning the system that has swept him so quickly and smoothly to high office. And when he achieves the exalted position of Magister Ludi – Master of the Game – he suffers a crisis of conscience, as his deepening doubts about this idealistic and sanitised society threaten to topple its very foundations… Also included is The City, a 15-minute fable about the birth and death of a city taken from Herman Hesse's collection of fairy tales and read by Andrew Hilton. Cast Biographer – Derek Jacobi Joseph Knecht – Tom Ferguson Fritz – Toby Hadoke Music Master – Malcolm Raeburn Van der Trave – Terence Mann Plinio – David Seddon Bertram – Jonathan Keeble Father Jacobus – David Fleeshman Young Joseph – Aidan Parsons Helena – Olwen May President – Terence Mann Tito – Oliver Gomm Dramatised by Lavinia Greenlaw Produced by Charlotte Riches Directed by Susan Roberts First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 18-25 July 2010 The City Read by Andrew Hilton Produced by Sara Davies First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 9 December 2002 © 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd