The first of three plays by Ray Jenkins based on the diaries of Catherine, Lady McCartney, wife of the British Consul in Kashgar, in Chinese Turkestan, one of the loneliest places on earth. In 1895, Sven Hedin , the Swedish explorer, was one of her first visitors, intent on mapping the dangerous Taklimakan Desert. with Steve Hodson , Harry Myers. Stephen Critchlow , Tessa Worsley and David Allister Director Janet Whitaker