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15 Minute Drama: The Paris Wife: Episode 4: A new friend on the scene

The Paris Wife

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Episode 4: A new friend on the scene

A new friend on the scene

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Paula McLain's fictional memoir told by Hadley, Ernest Hemingway's first wife.

Paula McLain's fictional memoir told by Hadley, Ernest Hemingway's first wife, of their time in Paris in the 1920s. Adapted by Sheila Yeger.

4/5 While Hadley enjoys her new role as a mother, Hemingway is becoming increasingly well-known and admired in the circle of expatriate writers and artists who have made their home in Paris. Hadley's glamorous new friend Pauline introduces them to her fast-living Right Bank crowd, and becomes Hem's champion in his struggle to find a publisher in America. It's not long before Hadley is feeling that despite all her efforts to be a good and loyal wife, once more she's being left on the outside.

Adapted by Sheila Yeger. Directed by Sara Davies

Hadley: Laurel Lefkow
Hemingway: Julian Ovenden
Ezra Pound: Martin Reeve
Gertrude Stein: Kim Hicks
Scott Fitzgerald: Gerard Cooke
Zelda Fitzgerald: Susannah Hampton
Pauline Pfeifer: Jennifer Lee Jellicorse.

15 Minute Drama: The Paris Wife

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Fictional memoir of Hadley, Ernest Hemingway's first wife, of their time in 1920s Paris

Paula McLain's fictional memoir told by Hadley, Ernest Hemingway's first wife, of their time in Paris in the 1920s

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