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Judi Dench and Peggy Ashcroft star in two related monologues.

Judi Dench and Peggy Ashcroft star as a chambermaid and an old woman at a seaside hotel in two related monologues. From June 1981.

Dame Judi Dench and Dame Peggy Ashcroft perform two-interlinked monologues by Susan Hill. 

In 'The Girl' with Judi Dench - a practical Irish maid ponders her life at a seaside hotel - sharing her thoughts on the people she meets, the bible and her life... 

In 'The Woman' with Peggy Ashcroft - a guest remembers better days and higher standards at the same hotel - and sadly looks back over the way her life has turned out... 

Producer: Richard Wortley 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 1981.

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