RADIO DRAMA - THE SOUND OF FURY - WITH ANTON LESSER
The Sound of Fury shows how working class kids could just as easily be exploited. It is a bio-drama telling the story of one Ronald Wycherley, whose talent for music helped him become a major star of the early 60s under the name of Billy Fury. As portrayed by Anton Lesser, he was a sickly young man with a particular talent, and a dedication to his work that enabled him to resist the advances of his homosexual manager Larry Parnes (Peter Whitman). Nonetheless, he was finally forced to succumb to the logic of the market; rather than singing rock ‘n roll music that spoke of his own experiences as a working-class lad growing up in Liverpool, he was persuaded to move into a more middle-of-the-road style, By the mid-70s he was reduced to singing in retro-gigs with other has-beens from the previous decade such as Helen Shapiro.
The play starts with Billy getting ready for his interview with Russel Harty,
the stepping stone to his comeback, reluctant to go on due to his self doubt
and the song 'Halfway to paradise' for which he was supposed to perform but
that song was one he hated, it had pulled him away from what he saw as his true vocation singing rock 'n' roll.... with his close aide trying to coax him on stage, Billy begins to reflect on his life, from his humble beginnings, through to his sudden rise to fame to the moment of the interview and and that song.
There are other icons of the decade portrayed in this drama, Marty Wilde,
Joe Brown and a glimpse into the tragic life of British rocker Dickie Pride.
STARS
Anton Lesser
Robert Glenister
Rory Bremner
Peter Whitman
Andy Serkis
Alistair McGowan
Jeremy Clyde
and Gavin Stanley performing some of Billy Fury's songs.
CONTAIN SOME STRONG LANGUAGE AND MATURE THEMES
First broadcast on BBC Radio in 1994.
AUDIO
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Mode : Joint stereo
Mode extension : MS Stereo
Duration : 1h 28mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 80.7 MiB (100%)
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