Rose Tremain’s THE JESTER OF ASTAPOVO 45′ drama is on BBC Radio 4’s afternoon drama slot on Tuesday 9 June at 2.15pm adapted from Rose’s 2014 short story of the same name in the collection THE AMERICAN LOVER.
In flight from his wife, a very unwell Count Leo Tolstoy arrives at an isolated Russian railway station. But the Countess, and the hungry Russian press pack, are on his trail.
