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15 Minute Drama: The Awakening: Episode 5

The Awakening

Episode 5

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, The Awakening, Episode 5

Edna thinks Robert's return will make her happy, but events overtake them both.

Edna thinks Robert's return will make her happy, but events overtake them both. Kate Chopin's novel, which shook the US in 1899, stars Pippa Bennett-Warner and Petra Letang.

by Kate Chopin, dramatised for radio by Janice Okoh
 
Edna thinks Robert's return will make her happy, but events are to overtake them both.

Edna Pontellier ..... Pippa Bennett-Warner
Celestine ..... Petra Letang
Robert Lebrun ..... PJ Brennan
Alcee Arobin ..... Richard Laing
Adele Ratignolle ..... Sasha Pick
Mme Lebrun ..... Adjoa Andoh
Catiche ..... Adjoa Andoh

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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