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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 13: The Good Daughter

The Corrections

Episode 13

Episode 13: The Good Daughter

The Good Daughter

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, The Corrections, The Good Daughter

Denise's arrival for a St Jude family Christmas stirs some uncomfortable truths.

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 Roslyn Hill. Dramatised by Marcy Kahan.

Episode 13: The Good Daughter - Denise's arrival for a St Jude family Christmas stirs some uncomfortable truths.

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).

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Jonathan Franzen's acclaimed family epic, dramatised by Marcy Kahan.

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