The Country Girls

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Edna O'Brien - The Country Girls Trilogy

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The Country Girls Trilogy

Edna O'Brien's trilogy of novels about two girls growing up in 1950s rural Ireland.

Dramatisations of Edna O'Brien's trilogy of novels about the lives of two girls growing up in 1950s rural Ireland.

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Edna O'Brien - The Country Girls Trilogy: The Lonely Girl: 10. Setting Sail

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The Lonely Girl

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Baba is off to England and wants Kate to join her – but will Eugene return?

Baba is off to a new life in England and wants Kate to join her – but will Eugene come back? With Charlie Murphy.

Baba is going to start a new life in England and wants Kate to go with her.  

However, lovelorn  Kate is convinced that Eugene will return.

Edna O’Brien’s frank, funny and subversive story of friendship and growing up in rural Ireland in the 1950s - seen through the eyes of two friends.

The Country Girls Trilogy is now recognised as an iconic work of 20th-century Irish fiction.

Dramatised by Kate Hims.

Kate ..... Charlie Murphy
Eugene ..... Jonathan Forbes 
Baba ..... Aoibhinn McGinnity
Joanna ..... Susan Jameson
Anna ..... Catherine Cusack
The Body ..... Jonny Holden
Landlord ..... Paul Hickey
Passenger ..... Shaun Mason
Steward ..... Chris Pavlo


Directors: Sally Avens & Jessica Dromgoole

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2019..

Edna O'Brien - The Country Girls Trilogy: The Lonely Girl

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The second book in Edna O'Brien's frank, funny and subversive trilogy.

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