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15 Minute Drama: Toni Morrison - Beloved

Adjoa Andoh

Nadine Marshall

Pippa Bennett-Warner

Danny Sapani

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Richard Pepple

Sharon D Clarke

Brian Protheroe

Sasha Yevtushenko

Toni Morrison

Patricia Cumper

15 Minute Drama: Toni Morrison - Beloved: Episode 10

Beloved

Episode 10

Toni Morrison - Beloved

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, Toni Morrison - Beloved, Episode 10

News spreads that the ghost of Sethe's murdered daughter has returned to reap revenge.

News has spread like wildfire that the ghost of Sethe's murdered daughter has returned to reap revenge. Stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw.

By Toni Morrison
Adapted by Patricia Cumper

Toni Morrison's seminal 1987 novel about a haunted house in the era that followed the abolition of slavery in the United States is adapted for radio for the first time. Toni Morrison's masterpiece melds horror and poetry as it tells the story of Sethe, a woman who escaped slavery by crossing the Ohio river, but who, eighteen years later, is still not free.

The women's isolation at One Twenty-Four Bluestone Road has put them all in peril, and Denver has decided to seek help from the community. After that, news spread like wildfire; news that the ghost of Sethe's other daughter, who she chose to kill rather than allow to be bonded back into slavery, has come back to reap her revenge.

Original music by Jon Nicholls
Singing arranged by Dominique Le Gendre
Sound design by Caleb Knightley

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko.

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Toni Morrison's seminal novel about ghosts, slavery and terrible secrets

Toni Morrison's seminal novel about ghosts, slavery and terrible secrets. Adapted by Patricia Cumper

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