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Classic Serial: Edith Wharton - The Custom of the Country: Episode 1

Edith Wharton - The Custom of the Country

Episode 1

BBC Radio 4 - Classic Serial, Edith Wharton - The Custom of the Country, Episode 1

When the beautiful Undine Spragg arrives in New York, she sets her sights on Ralph Marvell

Beautiful Undine Spragg arrives in New York and sets her sights on Ralph Marvell. But will he live up to her expectations? 1913 American satire stars Rebecca Night.

Dramatisation by Jane Rogers of Edith Wharton's 1913 satire of marriage and money in early 20th-century American society. 

When the beautiful Undine Spragg arrives in New York, she sets her sights on Ralph Marvell, but will he live up to her expectations?

Undine Spragg ...... Rebecca Night 
Mrs Spragg ...... Barbara Barnes
Mrs Heeny ...... Lorelei King 
Abner Spragg/Popple ...... Jonathan Keeble 
Peter Van Degan ...... William Houston
Mr Dagonet ...... Paul McCleary
Laura Fairford ...... Provence Maydew
Elmer Moffatt ...... Tom Hollander 
Ralph Marvell ...... Dan Stevens 
Mabel Lipscombe ...... Tessa Nicholson

Directed by Nadia Molinari.

Classic Serial: Edith Wharton - The Custom of the Country

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Dramatisation of Edith Wharton's 1913 satire of marriage and money

Dramatisation by Jane Rogers of Edith Wharton's 1913 satire of marriage and money in early-20th century American society

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