The Juniper Tree by The Brothers Grimm. BBC RADIO DRAMA

A BBC Radio adaptation by Peter Redgrove of the lesser-known Brothers Grimm fairy tale.

Benath a juniper tree, a mother-to-be dreams of her child ... and her own death.

After the birth of a son and the mother's death, a stepmother with a daughter of her own arrives, and out of spite causes the boy's death...but tricks her daughter into believing that the girl killed her brother and in a typically gruesome fairy tale manner disposes of the boy's body.

However, this is a Brothers Grimm fairy tale ... meaning that an appropriate and suitably terrible vengeance is in store ...

The Mother ... Jennifer Piercey
Norman, the Father ... Michael McStay
Eva, the Stepmother ... Deborah Makepeace
Anne-Marie, the Daughter ... Abigail Docherty
Victor, the Son/The Voice of the Bird ... Anthony Coupe
The Metalsmith ... Stephen Hattersley
The Cobbler ... David Goodland

Music composed and realized by Stephen Rollings

Directed by Brian Miller

Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 18 August 1987

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