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The Birds (Dramatised)

By: Daphne du Maurier
Narrated by: Full Cast
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 Here is a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Daphne du Maurier's classic tale of horror. The idea for this famous story came to du Maurier one day when she was walking across to a farm from her house. She saw a farmer busily ploughing a field while above him the seagulls were diving and wheeling. She developed an idea about the birds becoming hostile and attacking him.

In her story, the birds become hostile after a harsh winter with little food. First the seagulls, then birds of prey, and finally even small birds all turn against mankind. The nightmarish vision appealed to Alfred Hitchcock, who turned it into the celebrated film.

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great audio version, one of my favourite books. Only short so perfect to finish in one session of sunbathing!

a classic suspense...

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Whilst the performance was extremely well done, it would have been very easy to keep to the actual story for this dramatisation. For me, because of this, I didn't think it was anywhere near as good as it could have been.
Having said that, it still retains the menace and fear invoked in the original book.

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