Love Henry James: The Portrait of a Lady

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John Lynch

Joanna Vanderham

Sacha Dhawan

Frances Barber

Susan Lynch

Joseph Millson

Amelia Clarkson

Chetna Pandya

Ifan Meredith

Samuel Edward-Cook

Nadia Molinari

Linda Marshall Griffiths

Henry James: The Portrait of a Lady: 2. Italy

Love Henry James - The Portrait of a Lady

2. Italy

The Portrait of a Lady

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An unexpected inheritance allows Isabel her freedom, so she travels to Italy.

An unexpected inheritance allows Isabel her freedom, so she travels to Italy, where she meets Gilbert Osmond. Stars John Lynch.

Henry James's masterpiece about desire and freedom.

Isabel's unexpected inheritance means that she is free to make her own choice about her destiny. 

She travels to Italy with her aunt Mrs Touchett and there she becomes close to Madame Merle who introduces her to Gilbert Osmond, a man of no social standing or wealth, a widower with a young daughter.

Isabel is inexplicably drawn to him despite the warnings from her cousin Ralph and her aunt.

Starring John Lynch and Joanna Vanderham.

Dramatised iby Linda Marshall Griffiths.

Henry James ...... John Lynch
Isabel Archer ...... Joanna Vanderham
Ralph Touchett ...... Sacha Dhawan
Mrs Touchett ...... Frances Barber
Madam Merle	...... Susan Lynch
Gilbert Osmond ...... Joseph Millson
Pansy ...... Amelia Clarkson
Countess Gemini ......	Chetna Pandya
Lord Warburton ...... Ifan Meredith
Caspar Goodwood ...... Samuel Edward-Cook

Director:  Nadia Molinari

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2017.

Henry James: The Portrait of a Lady

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Henry James's masterpiece about desire and freedom dramatised by Linda Marshall Griffiths.

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