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Mary Brunton - Self Control: Penniless

Mary Brunton - Self Control

Penniless

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Mary Brunton - Self Control, Penniless

With her father dead, Laura must ask her aunt for help and discovers some disturbing news.

With her father dead, Laura must ask her aunt for help and discovers some disturbing news. Stars Gerda Stevenson.

After her father's death Laura, now penniless, is taken in by her Aunt Lady Pelham.

Published in 1811, Mary Brunton’s romantic tale set in Perthshire and London - dramatised in ten parts by Gerda Stevenson.

Laura Montreville is loved by two men - a reckless libertine and a dignified but reserved landowner. In a world where polite society and sexual hypocrisy rub shoulders easily, can she choose wisely between passion and virtue?

Narrated by Maureen Beattie.

Laura ...... Gerda Stevenson
Hargrave ...... Andrew Wincott 
Mrs Stubbs ...... Phyllida Law 
Lady Pelham ...... Barbara Leigh-Hunt 
De Courcy ...... Tom Goodman Hill 
Hargrave ...... Andrew Wincott 
Mrs Harrington ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman 
Maid ...... Emma Wooliams 

Mary Brunton was a Scottish novelist much admired by Jane Austen; and Self Control, first published in 1811, deals with similar themes to Sense and Sensibility.

Producer: Bruce Young

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.

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Drama: Relationships & Romance

Heartache and danger lie ahead for Laura Montreville, as she must choose between two men.

Heartache and danger lie ahead for Laura Montreville, as she must choose between two men. Romantic drama with Maureen Beattie and Gerda Stevenson.

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