A darkly comic fairy tale about revenge, sex and power.

When Ruth discovers her husband is sleeping with a prettier, richer woman, she makes ingenious and diabolical plans to punish them both.

Starring Hattie Morahan.

Fay Weldon's gleefully bawdy satire on the war of the sexes, is a fable about the rewards and dangers of our capacity for transformation.

First published in 1983 and dramatised in two parts by Joy Wilkinson.

Ruth ...... Hattie Morahan
Bobbo ...... Barnaby Kay
Mary Fisher ...... Lyndsey Marshal
Nurse Hopkins ...... Rosie Cavaliero
Mrs Fisher ...... Susan Jameson
Nicola ...... Evie Killip
Andy ...... Leo Wan
Garcia ...... Chris Pavlo
Angus ...... Gerard McDermott
Insurance Man ...... Gerard McDermott
Brenda ...... Debra Baker
Mrs Trumper ...... Debra Baker
Elsie Flower ...... Katie Redford
Girl in Job Centre ...... Rebecca Hamilton

Director: Abigail le Fleming

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2016. Show less