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The Eliza Stories

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

1/5. Eliza. These stories of a pompous idiot of a husband and his long-suffering wife were a literary hit of the 1900s, rediscovered in the 1980s. Eliza and her husband live in a small house somewhere in suburbia. He is a low-grade city clerk with delusions of grandeur, she is a housewife with the patience of a saint. Written by Barry Pain and adapted by Jonathan Dryden Taylor.
Director Ellen Dryden

Contributors

Written By:
Barry Pain
Adapted By:
Jonathan Dryden Taylor.
Director:
Ellen Dryden
Eliza:
Sophie Thompson
Her husband:
Mark Heap
Mother/Lady Sandlingbury:
Maev Alexander
Source: Radio Times

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