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Drama on 4: De Wife of Bristol

De Wife of Bristol

06/10/2014

BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, De Wife of Bristol

Edson Burton's comedy is a scurrilous contemporary riff on Chaucer's Wife of Bath.

Lorna Gayle and Susan Wokoma star in Edson Burton's comedy, a scurrilous contemporary riff on Chaucer's Wife of Bath.

by Edson Burton.

Lorna Gayle and Susan Wokoma star in this scurrilous contemporary riff on Chaucer's Wife of Bath. 

Retiree Clarissa da Costa finds herself telling tall tales of marriage and disharmony to Shanti, a young Jamaican woman who has been brought to Bristol as housekeeper to a much older man. Shanti, however, turns out to have a story of her own.

Produced and directed by Jonquil Panting.

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