To the Lighthouse

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Charlotte Emmerson

Lyndsey Marshal

Matthew McNulty

Olivia Hallinan

Ben Lamb

Talia Barnett

Alex Starke

Nadia Molinari

Linda Marshall Griffiths

Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse: 3. Impatience

3. Impatience

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse

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Paul and Minta are not back from the beach and Mr Ramsay is getting impatient.

Mr Ramsay becomes impatient when Paul and Minta do not return from the beach in time for dinner. Stars John Lynch.

The Ramsays are on holiday with their eight children and assorted guests in their summer house in the Hebrides.  

The family host a dinner party but Paul and Minta are not back from the beach and Mr Ramsay finds it difficult to conceal his impatience.

Virginia Woolf's landmark modernist 1927 novel based on her own early experiences.

Dramatised by Linda Marshall Griffiths.

Mr Ramsay ...... John Lynch
Mrs Ramsay ...... Charlotte Emmerson
Lily ...... Lyndsey Marshal
Mr Tansley ...... Matthew McNulty
Minta ...... Olivia Hallinan
Paul ...... Ben Lamb
Cam ......Talia Barnett              
James ...... Alex Starke
 
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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