If you missed Radio 4's Afternoon Play dramatizing John Steinbeck's Arthurian writings, the play is available for online listening:

Steinbeck in Avalon


Dramatised by Ray Brown from the writings of John Steinbeck. In 1959, the great novelist went to live in Somerset for a while to write what he hoped would be the crowning glory of his distinguished career, a 20th-century restatement of the Arthurian legend.

Steinbeck/Lancelot ...... Kerry Shale
Elaine/Guinevere ...... Barbara Barnes
Merlin ...... Philip Madoc
Arthur ...... Joseph Millson
Damsel ...... Jasmine Hyde


Directed by Gary Brown.


Steinbeck's book 'The Acts of King Arthur and his Noble Knights' is available at Amazon.