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15 Minute Drama: Charlotte Bronte - Shirley

Lesley Sharp

Jemima Rooper

Joanne Froggatt

Joseph Kloska

Christine Kavanagh

Sean Murray

David Seddon

Tracey Neale

Rachel Joyce

Charlotte Bronte

15 Minute Drama: Charlotte Bronte - Shirley: Episode 4: Whitsuntide

Shirley

Episode 4

Episode 4: Whitsuntide

Charlotte Bronte - Shirley

Whitsuntide

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, Charlotte Bronte - Shirley, Whitsuntide

Can Shirley's charity alleviate the suffering of the poor in Briarfield.

1811, Yorkshire. Can Shirley's charity help to alleviate the suffering of the poor in Briarfield? Stars Lesley Sharp.

Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, dramatises Charlotte Bronte's tale of romantic entanglements and turbulent times in the Yorkshire of 1811.

Shirley's charity has begun to alleviate the suffering of the poor in Briarfield but she is convinced it is the calm before the storm. Meanwhile Caroline is dreading the approaching Whitsuntide celebrations.

Directed by Tracey Neale.

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Charlotte Bronte's tale of romantic entanglements set against turbulent times in Yorkshire

Rachel Joyce dramatises Charlotte Bronte's passionate tale of love, longing and loss set against a backdrop of turbulence and unrest in the Yorkshire of 1811

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