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Classic Serial: Samuel Richardson - Clarissa: The History of a Young Lady

Marilyn Imrie

Classic Serial: Samuel Richardson - Clarissa: The History of a Young Lady: Episode 3: Imprisonment

Clarissa: The History of a Young Lady

Episode 3

Episode 3: Imprisonment

Samuel Richardson - Clarissa: The History of a Young Lady

Imprisonment

BBC Radio 4 - Classic Serial, Samuel Richardson - Clarissa: The History of a Young Lady, Imprisonment

Lovelace tricks Clarissa back to Mrs Sinclair's house of ill repute, then drugs her.

Lovelace tricks Clarissa back to Mrs Sinclair's house of ill repute, then drugs her to have his way. Stars Miriam Margolyes, Richard Armitage, Zoe Waites.

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Lovelace tricks Clarissa into returning to Mrs Sinclair's house of ill repute, and after she has been drugged, he has his way with her.

Robert Lovelace ..... Richard Armitage
Clarissa Harlowe ..... Zoe Waites
Mrs Moore ..... Deborah Findlay
Mrs Rawlings ..... Alison Steadman
Tourville ..... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Belford ..... Adrian Scarborough
Capt. Tomlinson ..... Stephen Critchlow
Boy ..... Cathy Sara
Lady Betty ..... Sophie Thompson
Charlotte ..... Ellie Beaven
Dorcas ..... Lisa Hammond
Mrs Sinclair ..... Miriam Margolyes

Dramatised by Hattie Naylor

Directed by Marilyn Imrie.

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Dramatisation by Hattie Naylor of the 1748 novel by Samuel Richardson

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