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Wives and Daughters

Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters: 3. The New Mama

Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters

3. The New Mama

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17 year old Molly Gibson has to come to terms with her father's bethrothed.

Molly Gibson must try to come to terms with her father's betrothed. Stars Kathryn Hurlbutt and Angela Pleasence.

"Molly was positively unhappy, and her father did not appear to see it; he was absorbed with his new plans and his new wife that was to be." 

Molly must try to come to terms with her father's betrothed. 

He feels truly sorry for her, but opts not show it... 

Novel written by Elizabeth Gaskell.

Starring Tom Wilkinson and Kathryn Hurlbutt.

Dramatised by Barry Campbell.

Molly .... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Clare .... Angela Pleasence
Mr Gibson .... Tom Wilkinson
Squire Hamley .... Robert Lang
Mrs Hamley .... Lillias Walker
Osborne Hamley .... Adam Bareham
Roger Hamley .... Michael Troughton
Lord Cumnor ..... Kerry Francis
Lady Cumnor .... Pauline Letts
Lady Harriet .... Marian Diamond
Mr Preston .... Brett Usher
Miss Browning .... Diana Bishop
Miss Phoebe ..... Hilda Schroder
Maid .... Carole Boyd
Mrs Gaskell .... Thelma Whiteley

Music by Rachel Portman.

Director: Jane Morgan

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1983

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Molly Gibson is the only daughter of a widowed doctor who must spend time away from him.

Molly Gibson is the only daughter of a widowed doctor who must spend time away from him. Starring Kathryn Hurlbutt and Tom Wilkinson.

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