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Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy - Anna Karenina: 1. The Pursuit

1. The Pursuit

Leo Tolstoy - Anna Karenina

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Leo Tolstoy - Anna Karenina, 1. The Pursuit

In 19th-century Russia, a bored high society wife embarks on a love affair.

Set in 19th century Russia - a bored high society wife embarks on a love affair. Stars Teresa Gallagher and Toby Stephens.

In 19th-century Russia, women had to accept their roles as wife and mother - or be socially ostracised. 

Bored high society wife Anna embarks on a love affair.

Starring Teresa Gallagher, Toby Stephens and Nicholas Farrell. 

Leo Tolstoy's 1877 novel dramatised in four parts by Ed Thomason. 

Anna Karenina .... Teresa Gallagher
Alexis Vronsky .... Toby Stephens
Alexis Alexandrovich Karenin .... Nicholas Farrell
Princess Dolly .... Karen Archer
Serezha .... George Allonby
Stiva Oblonsky .... Sean Baker
Railway Worker/Servant/Matthew .... Gerard McDermott
1st Passenger/Railway Guard .... Stephen Thorne
Driver/Sverra/Mishkin .... Robert Harper
Station Master/Butler .... Hugh Dickson
Kitty/Marie Vasilyevna .... Tracy-Ann Oberman
2nd Passenger/Servant 2/Stremov .... Ioan Meredith
Korsunsky .... Chrisopher Scott
Princess Betsy .... Janet Maw
Annushka .... Alison Pettitt
Old Lady/Countess /Lisa/Old Lady .... Shirley Dixon
Princess Nataly .... Carolyn Jones

Translator: Louise Maude 

Director: David Hitchinson

First broadcast on the BBC World Service in 1997.

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Teresa Gallagher and Toby Stephens star in Tolstoy's love story set in 19th-century Russia

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