The Mauritius Command 1/3 (Výprava na Mauritius, 2011)

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Duben 13, 2011

Patrick O´Brian. Dramatický seriál podle slavné námořní ságy. Dramatizace Roger Danes. Produkce a režie Bruce Young.

Osoby a obsazení: kapitán Jack Aubrey (David Robb), doktor Stephen Maturin (Richard Dillane), guvernér Farquhar (David Rintoul), podplukovník Keating (Thomas Arnold), Lord Clonfert (Sam Dale), kapitán Corbett (Christian Rodska), plukovník Seymour (Max Dowler), námořní kadet George Johnson (Nyasha Hatendi), doktor McAdam/admirál Bertie (Sean Baker), kapitán Pym (Brian Bowles), paní Williamsová (Joanna Monro), Sophie (Sally Orrock).

Nastudoval BBC 4 v roce 2011. Premiéra 3., 9. 4. 2011 (BBC 4, 15:00 h.)

Lit.: Pekárek, Hynek: BBC připravila nový seriál… In Facebook, 13. 4. 2011 (krátká zpráva). – Cit.: BBC připravila nový seriál podle jedné z knih slavné námořní ságy Patricka O´Briana, která byla přeložena i do češtiny a je známa i díky filmu Master and Commander-Na opačném konci světa. S oblíbenými hrdiny námořním kapitánem Jackem Aubryem a lékařem Stephenem Maturinem se setkáte v seriálu Výprava na Mauritius, první dva díly můžete poslouchat ve streamu na stránkách BBC Radio 4.

Lit.: anonym: Classic Serial – The Mauritius Command. In web BBC, duben 2011 (anotace). - Cit.: Patrick O’Brian’s naval epic set in 1809, dramatised in three parts by Roger Danes. Starring David Robb as Captain Jack Aubrey and Richard Dillane as Doctor Stephen Maturin.

Following his adventures in HMS Surprise, Jack Aubrey has been kicking his heels at home when his old friend, Stephen Maturin, comes knocking at his door with welcome news. Jack is promoted to Commodore, and is to lead a squadron of English ships, charged with taking the Indian Ocean islands of Mauritius and Réunion from the French.

In the course of the novel Jack must succeed against superior odds at sea and on land. Yet, in his new role as Commodore, Jack will need subtlety and subterfuge to win over the crews and subordinate captains of his own fleet.

Based on a naval campaign in 1809-10 when Britain and France were bitterly engaged in protecting their trade routes around the southern tip of Africa.

The Mauritius Command is the fourth novel in Patrick O’Brian’s Nelsonic epic series, and the sequel to HMS Surprise which was dramatised for Radio 4 in 2008.