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15 Minute Drama: Rosamond Lehmann - Dusty Answer

15 Minute Drama: Rosamond Lehmann - Dusty Answer: Episode 5

Dusty Answer

Episode 5

Rosamond Lehmann - Dusty Answer

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, Rosamond Lehmann - Dusty Answer, Episode 5

Judith and Julian enjoy the French heat together, until his sudden departure.

Judith and Julian enjoy the French heat together, until his sudden departure. Narrated by Julia Hills, with Rosina Carbone, Tom Ferguson and Annabel Scholey.

Rosamund Lehmann's first novel Dusty Answer records the education of Judith Earle, the only child of an academic father and socialite mother. Judith grew up in the seclusion of a large riverside house in the Thames Valley. The house next door is occupied from time to time by the Fyfe family whose children - cousins Charlie, Roddy, Julian and Martin drift in and out of her life. 

Part Five. Whilst travelling in France with her mother, Judith meets up with Julian. They enjoy the French heat together until his sudden departure. Jennifer steps back into her life..

DUSTY ANSWER by Rosamund Lehmann dramatised by Lavinia Greenlaw 

Narrator ...................................Julia Hills 

Judith......................................Rosina Carbone
Julian.......................................Tom Ferguson
Jennifer ...................................Annabel Scholey
Mamma ...................................Melissa Jane Sinden

Directed by Susan Roberts.

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Dramatisation by Lavinia Greenlaw of the debut novel by Rosamond Lehmann

Dramatisation by Lavinia Greenlaw of the debut novel by Rosamond Lehmann, about the education of Judith Earle, the only child of an academic father and socialite mother

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