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15 Minute Drama: The Corrections

Richard Schiff

Maggie Steed

Colin Stinton

Richard Laing

Julian Rhind-Tutt

Roslyn Hill

Shaun Mason

Ian Conningham

Kelly Burke

Hannah Genesius

Elaine Claxton

David Acton

Sam Dale

Jane Slavin

Adam Thomas Wright

Sean McCrystal

Jonathan Franzen

Marcy Kahan

Emma Harding

15 Minute Drama: The Corrections: Episode 8: At Sea

The Corrections

Episode 8

Episode 8: At Sea

At Sea

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, The Corrections, At Sea

Enid is determined to enjoy the cruise, but Alfred is behaving increasingly unpredictably.

Enid is determined to enjoy this long-awaited holiday, but Alfred's behaviour is becoming increasingly unpredictable.

Dramatisation of Jonathan Franzen's darkly comic 2001 novel about the tribulations of a dysfunctional Midwestern family, starring Richard Schiff (The West Wing), Maggie Steed, Colin Stinton and Julian Rhind-Tutt. Dramatised by Marcy Kahan.

Episode 8: At Sea - Alfred and Enid Lambert, a Midwestern couple in their seventies, are on board a cruise ship in the North Atlantic. Enid is determined to enjoy this long-awaited holiday, but Alfred's behaviour is increasingly unpredictable.

Directed by Emma Harding

The Corrections was awarded the National Book Award in 2001, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 2002. It was included in TIME magazine's list of the 100 best English-language novels since 1923.

Jonathan Franzen is the author of four novels (Freedom, The Corrections, Strong Motion, and The Twenty-Seventh City), two collections of essays (Farther Away, How to Be Alone), a personal history (The Discomfort Zone).

Marcy Kahan is a playwright and radio dramatist. Recent radio work includes two series of Lunch for BBC Radio 4 (starring Claire Skinner and Stephen Mangan) and Mr Bridger's Orphan. Theatre work includes 20 Cigarettes (Soho Theatre) and the stage version of When Harry Met Sally (Theatre Royal Haymarket).

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