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15 Minute Drama: The Awakening: Episode 3

The Awakening

Episode 3

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, The Awakening, Episode 3

Edna continues to be enraptured by Robert’s company, but there’s a shock in store for her.

Edna continues to be enraptured by Robert’s company, but there’s a shock in store for her. Kate Chopin's novel which shook the US in 1899 starring Pippa Bennett-Warner.

by Kate Chopin, dramatised for radio by Janice Okoh

Edna continues to be enraptured by Robert's company, but there is a shock in store for her.
 
 
 
Edna Pontellier ..... Pippa Bennett-Warner
Leonce Pontellier ..... Guy Paul
Celestine ..... Petra Letang
Adele Ratignolle ..... Sasha Pick
Mme LeBrun ..... Adjoa Andoh
Mlle Reisz ..... Lucy Newman-Williams
Dr Mandalet ..... Peter Marinker
 
Produced and directed by Marion Nancarrow

15 Minute Drama: The Awakening

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Steamy adaptation of the Kate Chopin novel that shocked America in 1899.

Steamy adaptation of the Kate Chopin novel that shocked America in 1899. Dramatised by Janice Okoh.

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