Jezebel

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Frances Barber

Anna Francolini

Natasha Cowley

John Catterall

Ellen Dryden

Pauline Harris

Irene Nemirovsky

Sandra Smith

Jezebel by Irene Nemirovsky: Episode 4

Jezebel by Irene Nemirovsky

Episode 4

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Némirovsky drama about a woman so obsessed with her looks & lost youth she commits murder.

Gladys is jailed for murdering a younger man.  And she vehemently opposes her daughter's desire to marry. Stars France Barber.

In 1930's France, Gladys, obsessed with her looks and lost youth, has been jailed for murdering a younger man. She delves into key moments in her past that led to the murder.  When she discovers her daughter, Marie-Therese is in love, she is vehemently opposed to her desire to marry.  This leads to devastating action for Marie-Therese.

Gladys ...... Frances Barber
Némirovsky/Jeanne...... Anna Francolini
Marie-Therese ...... Natasha Cowley
Oliver Beauchamp ...... John Catterall
Carmen ...... Ellen Dryden

Jezebel by Irène Némirovsky 
Translated by Sandra Smith
Dramatised by Ellen Dryden

Produced and Directed by Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016.

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Drama set in 1900s France adapted from Irene Nemirovsky's novella about Gladys Eysenach.

Drama set in 1900s France adapted from Irene Nemirovsky's novella about Gladys Eysenach, an older woman so obsessed with her lost youth, she will stop at nothing, including murder.

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