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Classic Serial: Barry Lyndon: 2

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William Makepeace Thackeray's classic novel about the rise and fall of an 18th-century Irish adventurer. Dramatised in two parts by Don McCamphill.

Redmond Barry pursues and wins the widowed Lady Lyndon, to take the title of Barry Lyndon and play the role of country squire. However, once he has arrived at the summit of his good fortune, his luck begins to change for the worse.
(Repeated from Sunday)

Contributors

Author:
William Makepeace Thackeray
Dramatised by:
Don McCamphill
Director:
Lawrence Jackson
Barry:
Gerard McSorley
Lady Lyndon:
Tina Kellegher
Ulick:
Darragh Kelly
Bell:
Sheila Hancock
Earl of Crabs:
Kenneth Cranham
Wiggins:
Jamie Foreman
Poynigs/Cornichon:
Don Wycherley
Redmond:
Andrew Scott
Maggie-Rose/Lady Tiptoff:
Doreen Keogh
Brendan:
Eanna MacLiam
Furniture dealer:
Mark Lambert
Source: Radio Times

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