by PATRICE CHAPLIN
Jointly commissioned by the National Theatre and the BBC.
Music specially composed by JOHN TAMS and In 17th-century Portugal, a young nun had a passionate love affair with a French nobleman which ended in tragedy when he deserted her.
This play is based on the letters she wrote to him and on Lermontov's A Hero of Our Time.
Dona Brites. MIRANDA FORBES Music arranged and played by MATTHEW SCOTT
Stage production by DAVID PENN
Radio production directed by CHERRY COOKSON