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Persuasion: 1: Old Friends and New Meetings

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by Jane Austen, dramatised in three parts by Michelene Wandor.
With Juliet Stevenson as Anne Elliot, Tim Brierley as Captain Wentworth and Sorcha Cusack as Jane Austen.

It is 1814 in the village of Uppercross in Somersetshire and Sir Walter Elliot of Kellynch Hall has long since given up any hope of his daughter making a favourable marriage. But Anne did fall in love, eight years ago, with Frederick Wentworth, a young man with no fortune and no family connections. She was persuaded to give him up and he has not forgiven her.

(Square piano (William Rolfe and Sons c.1810) played by Kenneth Mobbs)
(BBC Pebble Mill)
(Stereo) (R)

Contributors

Author:
Jane Austen
Dramatist:
Michelene Wandor
Director:
Vanessa Whitburn
Anne Elliot:
Juliet Stevenson
Capt. Frederick Wentworth:
Tim Brierley
Jane Austen:
Sorcha Cusack
Mary Musgrove:
Kathryn Hurlbutt
Sir Walter Elliot:
Roger Hume
Elizabeth Elliot:
Claire Faulconbridge
Lady Russell:
Patricia Gallimore
Admiral Croft:
Jeffery Dench
Henrietta Musgrove:
Alison Dowling
Louisa Musgrove:
Jayne Dowell
Charles Musgrove:
Alister Cameron
Mrs Musgrove:
Sheila Grant
Mrs Clay:
Hedli Niklaus
Sophia Croft:
Tina Gray
Mr Shepherd:
Stephen Hancock
Little Charles:
John Abell
Charles Hayter:
Clive Marlowe
Pianist:
Kenneth Mobbs
Source: Radio Times

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