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DH Lawrence - The Fox

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When a soldier arrives at a small holding run by two women, one is attracted to him.

4 Extra Debut. When a young soldier arrives at a small holding run by two women, one of them has a strange attraction to him. Stars John Light.

Two women’s lives are transformed by the presence of a fox, and the arrival of a soldier. 

The second of three novellas by D.H. Lawrence. 

Philip Jackson, as D.H. Lawrence, narrates the story of two young women who try to run a small holding until a young a young soldier, Henry, arrives. One of the women is as attracted to him, as she is by the animal magnetism of the fox that terrorises their poultry. 

CAST:
Henry ... John Light
Banford .... Lucy Whybrow
Marsh .... Alice Arnold
Father .... Paul Gregory

Dramatised by Nick McCarty. 

Directed by Janet Whitaker.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.

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