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The House in Paris

Elizabeth Bowen - The House in Paris: Episode 1: 1. 1934

Drama: Classic & Period

Elizabeth Bowen - The House in Paris

Episode 1

Episode 1: 1. 1934

1. 1934

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Elizabeth Bowen - The House in Paris, 1. 1934

From her deathbed, sinister Madame Fisher manipulates young Henrietta and Leopold.

From her deathbed, sinister Madame Fisher manipulates young Henrietta and Leopold - and harbours secrets. Stars Sara Kestelman.

From her deathbed, the sinister Madame Fisher weaves the lives of young Henrietta and Leopold as she manipulated others before them. 

But who is Karen, the mother who gave Leopold away? Will Madame Fisher reveal her secrets of love, scandal and death?

Elizabeth Bowen's classic novel dramatised in three-parts by Margaret Steward.

CAST:

Mme Fisher …. Sara Kestelman
Karen …. Sunny Ormonde
Naomi Fisher …. Susan Bovell
Max …. John Duttine
Aunt Violet …. Ann Windsor
Uncle Bill …. David King
Henrietta …. Fiona Christie
Leopold …. Joshua Goodman 

Music by Anthea Gomez. 

Producer: Sue Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994.

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Two young children meet after the First World War in the home of elderly Madame Fisher.

Two young children meet just after the end of the First World War in the home of elderly but sinister Madame Fisher.

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