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Mary Brunton - Self Control: A New Admirer

Mary Brunton - Self Control

A New Admirer

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Mary Brunton - Self Control, A New Admirer

Colonel Hargrave pursues Laura Montreville to London, where she meets a new admirer.

Colonel Hargrave pursues Laura Montreville from Perthshire to London, where she meets a new admirer. Stars Gerda Stevenson.

Colonel Hargrave pursues Laura from Perthshire to London - where Laura meets a new admirer.

Published in 1811, Mary Brunton’s romantic tale set in Perthshire and London - dramatised in ten parts by Gerda Stevenson. 

Laura Montreville is loved by two men - a reckless libertine and a dignified but reserved landowner. In a world where polite society and sexual hypocrisy rub shoulders easily, can she choose wisely between passion and virtue? 

Narrated by Maureen Beattie.

Laura    ......    Gerda Stevenson
Hargrave    ......    Andrew Wincott 
Lady Harriet Montreville    ......    Phyllida Law 
Jeannie    ......    Colette O'Neil
Montreville    ......    Bernard Horsfall  
Montague De Courcy    ......    Tom Goodman-Hill 
Wilkins    ......    David Timson
Warren    ......    Thomas Arnold

Producer: Bruce Young  

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2003.

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Heartache and danger lie ahead for Laura Montreville, as she must choose between two men.

Heartache and danger lie ahead for Laura Montreville, as she must choose between two men. Romantic drama with Maureen Beattie and Gerda Stevenson.

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