The Chalk Garden

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Enid Bagnold - The Chalk Garden

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Companion Miss Madrigal appears to bring calm, but what is she hiding from her own past?

Miss Madrigal brings some sanity to an unruly Sussex household, but what is she hiding from her own past?  Stars Edith Evans.

Living in the past amid the fading glories of her Sussex garden, Mrs St. Maugham rules a household no less eccentric than herself.
 
The arrival of a new companion brings order and a degree of sanity to this gently ridiculous entourage, but what secret lurks behind the careful composure of the mysterious Miss Madrigal?

Dame Edith Evans stars in Enid Bagnold comedy-drama.

Dramatised by Margaret Etall.

Mrs St Maugham …. Dame Edith Evans
Miss Madrigal …. Mary Morris
The Judge …. Cecil Parker
Laurel …. Angela Pleasance
Olivia …. Nicolette Bernard
Nurse …. Maureen Beck
Maitland …. Ian Thompson
Narrator …. John Pullen

Author and playwright  Enid Bagnold also wrote ‘National Velvet’ and ‘The Amorous Ghost’.

Producer: Archie Campbell   
 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1968.

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