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Classic Serial: Samuel Richardson - Clarissa: The History of a Young Lady

Marilyn Imrie

Classic Serial: Samuel Richardson - Clarissa: The History of a Young Lady: Episode 4: Freedom Regained

Clarissa: The History of a Young Lady

Episode 4

Episode 4: Freedom Regained

Samuel Richardson - Clarissa: The History of a Young Lady

Freedom Regained

BBC Radio 4 - Classic Serial, Samuel Richardson - Clarissa: The History of a Young Lady, Freedom Regained

Clarissa befriends Belford and Mrs Smith, hoping only for a family reconciliation.

Fleeing from Lovelace, Clarissa befriends Belford and Mrs Smith, hoping only for a family reconciliation. Stars Zoe Waites, Richard Armitage.

4/4 Freedom Regained
Clarissa has fled from the cruel, rapacious Lovelace and, befriended by his erstwhile friend Belford and the kindly Mrs Smith, and completely broken in body and spirit, she hopes only for reconciliation with her family; while an unrepentant Lovelace seeks once again to find her and conquer her soul.

Robert Lovelace ..... Richard Armitage
Clarissa Harlowe ..... Zoe Waites
Sally ..... Sophie Thompson
Dorcas ..... Lisa Hammond
Belford ..... Adrian Scarborough
Anna ..... Cathy Sara
Mrs Sinclair ..... Miriam Margolyes
Du Blanc ..... Stephen Critchlow
Mrs Smith ..... Linda Broughton
Colonel Morden ..... Julian Rhind-Tutt

Written by Samuel Richardson
Dramatised by Hattie Naylor

Directed by Marilyn Imrie
A Catherine Bailey Production.

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Dramatisation by Hattie Naylor of the 1748 novel by Samuel Richardson

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