Determined to succeed where his colleague failed, a literary editor insinuates himself into the decaying Venetian villa of the elderly Miss Juliana Bordereau and her niece Miss Tina.

He clearly wants something from Juliana. But what can it be? A dark and intimate tale about deceit and obsession.

Henry James's novel dramatised by Amanda Dalton.

The Editor ...... Zubin Varla
Juliana ...... Sian Phillips
Tina ...... Julia Rounthwaite
Mrs Prest ...... Susan Twist
Henry James ...... John Lynch

Director Gary Brown

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2018. Show less