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15 Minute Drama: Toni Morrison - Beloved

Adjoa Andoh

Nadine Marshall

Pippa Bennett-Warner

Danny Sapani

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Richard Pepple

Alibe Parsons

Sasha Yevtushenko

Toni Morrison

Patricia Cumper

15 Minute Drama: Toni Morrison - Beloved: Episode 5

Beloved

Episode 5

Toni Morrison - Beloved

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, Toni Morrison - Beloved, Episode 5

Beloved's hold on the residents of 124 Bluestone Road strengthens day by day.

Beloved remains at Bluestone Road and her hold on each of its residents has strengthened day by day. Stars Pippa Bennett-Warner.

By Toni Morrison
Adapted by Patricia Cumper

Toni Morrison's seminal 1987 novel about a haunted house in the era that followed the abolition of slavery in the United States is adapted for radio for the first time. Toni Morrison's masterpiece melds horror and poetry as it tells the story of Sethe, a woman who escaped slavery by crossing the Ohio river, but who, eighteen years later, is still not free.

A young woman calling herself Beloved has arrived and stayed at One Twenty-Four Bluestone Road, and her hold, on each of its residents, has strengthened day by day.

Original music by Jon Nicholls
Sound design by Caleb Knightley

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko.

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Toni Morrison's seminal novel about ghosts, slavery and terrible secrets

Toni Morrison's seminal novel about ghosts, slavery and terrible secrets. Adapted by Patricia Cumper

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