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15 Minute Drama: Doris Lessing - The Golden Notebook

15 Minute Drama: Doris Lessing - The Golden Notebook: Episode 9

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The Golden Notebook

Episode 9

Doris Lessing - The Golden Notebook

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, Doris Lessing - The Golden Notebook, Episode 9

Anna finally admits the cause of all her problems - she has been unable to write.

Anna finally admits the cause of all her problems - she has been unable to write. Saul suggests the first line of her new novel. Stars Susannah Harker and Emma Fielding.

Doris Lessing's twentieth-century classic, dramatised by Sarah Daniels.

Anna finally admits the cause of all her problems - she has been unable to write. She finishes with Saul, but not before he has given her the first line of her new novel.

Anna ...... Susannah Harker
Ella ...... Emma Fielding
Saul ...... Peter Brooke
Mrs Marks ...... Brigit Forsyth

Directed by Polly Thomas.

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Groundbreaking novel about motherhood, breakdown, marriage and communism.

Doris Lessing's groundbreaking novel about motherhood, breakdown, marriage and communism. Dramatised by Sarah Daniels, starring Susannah Harker.

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