Eugene comes to tea, and Kate visits his house in the country.

Edna O’Brien’s frank, funny and subversive story of friendship and growing up in rural Ireland in the 1950s - seen through the eyes of two friends.

The Country Girls Trilogy is now recognised as an iconic work of 20th century Irish fiction.

Dramatised by Kate Hims.

Kate ...... Charlie Murphy
Baba ...... Aoibhinn McGinnity
Eugene ...... Jonathan Forbes
Joanna ...... Susan Jameson
Anna ...... Catherine Cusack
Gianni ...... Chris Pavlo
Pianist ...... Peter Ringrose
Mrs Burns ...... Siobhan McSweeney
Customer ...... Catherine Cusack
Assistant ...... Roisin O'Donovan

Directors: Sally Avens & Jessica Dromgoole

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2019. Show less