To the Lighthouse

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Lyndsey Marshal

Charlotte Emmerson

Alex Starke

John Lynch

Matthew McNulty

Verity-May Henry

Nadia Molinari

Linda Marshall Griffiths

Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse: 1. Bad Weather

1. Bad Weather

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse

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Despite Mr Ramsay's bad weather worry, young James is determined to get to the Lighthouse.

The Ramsays are holidaying on the Isle of Skye. Young James is determined to get to the lighthouse. Stars Lyndsey Marshal.

Just before the First World War, Mr and Mrs Ramsay, their eight children and an array of guests are on the Isle of Skye for the summer. 

Despite Mr Ramsay's prediction of bad weather, Young James is determined to get to the Lighthouse.

Virginia Woolf's landmark modernist novel based on her own early experiences - first published in 1927.   

Intensely personal and profoundly universal; a moving portrait of family life that captures the transience of human experience.

Dramatised in five parts by Linda Marshall Griffiths.

Lily ...... Lyndsey Marshal
Mrs Ramsay ...... Charlotte Emmerson
James ...... Alex Starke
Mr Ramsay ...... John Lynch
Mr Tansley ...... Matthew McNulty
Prue ...... Verity-May Henry

Director:  Nadia Molinari

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2014.

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Virginia Woolf's classic modernist novel, dramatised by Linda Marshall Griffiths.

Virginia Woolf's landmark modernist novel, based on her own early experiences and published in 1927, is dramatised by Linda Marshall Griffiths.

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