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Classic Serial: To the Lighthouse: 1

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By Virginia Woolf, dramatised in two parts by Eileen Atkins. The story of the Ramsay family holidaying in Scotland before the First World War is dominated by Woolf's portrait of the beautiful Mrs Ramsay.

The expedition to a nearby lighthouse is a symbolic and emotional journey.

(Repeated from Sunday)

Contributors

Author:
Virginia Woolf
Dramatised by:
Eileen Atkins
Mrs Ramsay:
Vanessa Redgrave
Mr Ramsay:
John Wood
Lily:
Juliet Stevenson
William:
Edward Petherbridge
Charles:
Robert Glenister
Minta/Mildred/Rose/Mrs Bast:
Jane Whittenshaw
Cam/Prue/Nancy:
Alison Pettitt
Mrs Mcnab:
Elizabeth Bell
Mr Carmichael/McAllister:
Gavin Muir
Paul/Jasper/George:
Tom George
Source: Radio Times

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