Nothing happens in Astapovo, an isolated little place in the vast Russian countryside. Until the day a very unwell Count Leo Tolstoy arrives at the little railway station with the Countess - and the hungry Russian press pack - on his trail. Rose Tremain's dramatisation of her own short story is based on real events.Ivan ..... John LightbodyAnna ..... Maggie ServiceCountess Tolstoya ..... Barbara FlynnChertkov ..... Ewan BaileyDushan ..... Chris Lew Kum HoiCount Leo Tolstoy/Dmitri ..... Roger RingroseSound ..... Caleb KnightleyDirected by Marc BeebyWritten by Rose TremainThis was originally aired on Radio 4.