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The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. A story of passion and repression set in Boston in the 1640s and dramatised in two episodes.
1: Hester Prynne , a scarlet letter on her breast and her baby in her arms, stands on the scaffold as the crowd surrounds her and cries out for her execution. Hester's sin of adultery is plain to see by the letter "A" she wears, but who should take the place by her side?
Dramatised by Greg Snow
Director Tracey Neale. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Unknown:
Hester Prynne
Hester Prynne:
Deborah Findlay
Pearl:
Caroline Graham
Roger Chillingworth:
Nigel Anthony
Arthur Dimmesdale:
Michael Maloney
Reverendjohn Wilson:
John Webb
Governor Bellingham:
Aubrey Woods
Mistress Cork:
Siriol Jenkins
Goodwife Spiveyj Widow Whitehead:
Melinda Walker
Goodwife Purvis/Alice:
Federay Holmes
Master Cadbury:
Eric Allan
Brackett, the Jailor:
John Church
Beadle/Sexton:
David Holt
Man/Servant:
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Source: Radio Times

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