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Classic Serial: To the Lighthouse

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

By Virginia Woolf. Dramatised in two parts by Eileen Atkins. The story of the Ramsay family holidaying in Scotland before the First World War is dominated by Virginia Woolf 's wonderful portrait of the beautiful Mrs Ramsay. The family's planned expedition to a lighthouse nearby is a symbolic and emotional journey which "moves most surely and with beauty among the deepest and most delicate motions of the human heart and spirit." Part 1.
Director Cherry Cookson
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Contributors

Unknown:
Virginia Woolf.
Unknown:
Eileen Atkins.
Unknown:
Virginia Woolf
Unknown:
Mrs Ramsay.
Director:
Cherry Cookson
Mrs Ramsay:
Vanessa Redgrave
Lily:
Juliet Stevenson
Mr Ramsay:
John Wood
William:
Edward Petherbridge
Charles:
Robert Glenister
Minta:
Jane Whittenshaw
Cam:
Alison Pettitt
MrCarmichael:
Gavin Muir
Paul:
Tom George
Nancy:
Gemma Saunders
Andrew:
David Thorpe
James:
George Allonby
Source: Radio Times

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