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15 Minute Drama: The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy: Poems

The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy

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Award-winning writer Rachel Joyce's first novel told Harold's story. This is Queenie's.

Harold has been walking for 40 days. Did David steal the poems and will Queenie’s secret be revealed? Stars Sophie Thompson.

By Rachel Joyce

Harold Fry has been walking forty days and Queenie waits. She writes and Sister Mary types. Did David steal the poems and will Queenie's secret be revealed?

Queenie ..... Sophie Thompson
Harold ..... Paul Venables
Sister Mary Inconnue ..... Roslyn Hill
David ..... Monty d'Inverno
Sister Catherine ..... Elaine Claxton
Sister Lucy ..... Hannah Genesius
Finty ..... Jane Slavin
Mr Henderson ..... Michael Bertenshaw

Directed by Tracey Neale

15 Minute Drama: The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy

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By Rachel Joyce. A dying woman reveals the shocking and beautiful truth of her life.

Adaptation of Rachel Joyce's new book, a companion novel to her bestseller The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. Queenie Hennessy reveals the shocking and beautiful truth of her life.

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