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Wide Sargasso Sea

Duration: 57 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Jean Rhys's powerful prequel to Jane Eyre envisages the life of the first Mrs Rochester before she became the haunting 'mad woman in the attic'. A new version by Rebecca Lenkiewicz Show more

Contributors

Antoinette Cosway:
Lara Rossi
Edward Rochester:
Trystan Gravelle
Christophine:
Martina Laird
Young Antoinette:
Eleanor Worthington-Cox
Grace Poole:
Jaimi Barbakoff
Annette:
Sirine Saba
Mr Mason:
Don Gilet
Richard Mason:
Eric Abrefa
Director:
Helen Perry
Author:
Jean Rhys

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