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The Absentee
A two-part adaptation of Maria Edgeworth 's epic saga of an Anglo-Irish family, published in 1812. 1: Lady Clonbrony, determined to be accepted by fashionable London society, has sunk her family into debt to the moneylender Mordecai. She wants her son to make a good marriage, but his affections are not to be bought.
With Fraser Kerr , Danielle Allan , Emma Gregory , Jenny Howe , Elizabeth Kelly , Auriol Smith , Ian Lindsay and Andrew Wincott.
Adapted by Nick McCarty
Producer Claire Grove. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Maria Edgeworth
Unknown:
Fraser Kerr
Unknown:
Danielle Allan
Unknown:
Emma Gregory
Unknown:
Jenny Howe
Unknown:
Elizabeth Kelly
Unknown:
Auriol Smith
Unknown:
Ian Lindsay
Unknown:
Andrew Wincott.
Adapted By:
Nick McCarty
Producer:
Claire Grove.
Lord Colambre:
Stephen Rea
Grace Nugent:
Anna Healy
Lord Clonbrony:
T P McKenna
Lady Clonbrony:
Franchine Mulrooney
Whipp:
Ben Onwukwe
Paddy/Larry:
Billy Boyle
Sir Terence O'Fay:
James Berwick
Mordecai:
Terence Edmond
Sir James Brooke:
David Bannerman
Source: Radio Times

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