Mansfield Park

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Jane Austen: Mansfield Park: Episode 1: 1. The Family at Mansfield

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Episode 1: 1. The Family at Mansfield

1. The Family at Mansfield

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, 1. The Family at Mansfield

Poor relation Fanny Price comes to live with her wealthy uncle and aunt and four cousins.

Poor relation Fanny Price arrives to live with her wealthy uncle and aunt and her four cousins. Stars Hannah Gordon.

Unlikely heroine Fanny Price is plucked from her impoverished family and brought up by her wealthy relatives at Mansfield Park. 

Jane Austen's classic tale, first published in 1814.

Starring Hannah Gordon and Michael Williams.    

Dramatised in three parts by Elizabeth Proud. 

Jane Austen …. Hannah Gordon
Fanny …. Amanda Root
Sir Thomas Bertram …. Michael Williams
Mrs Norris …. Jane Lapotaire
Edmund Bertram …. Robert Glenister
Lady Bertram …. Louise Jameson
Mary Crawford …. Teresa Gallagher
Henry Crawford …. Andrew Wincott 

Music composed by Anthea Gomez.

Music played by:

Christian McKay
Jill Heartfield
Audrey Douglas
Katharine Gittings  

Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Sue Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1997.

Jane Austen: Mansfield Park

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Young Fanny Brice is sent to live with her wealthy relatives. With Hannah Gordon.

Three-part dramatisation of Austen's controversial third novel, in which young Fanny Brice is sent to live with her wealthy relatives. With Hannah Gordon.

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