Jezebel

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Frances Barber

Anna Francolini

David Sterne

Conrad Nelson

Ellen Dryden

Pauline Harris

Irene Nemirovsky

Sandra Smith

Jezebel by Irene Nemirovsky: Episode 3

Jezebel by Irene Nemirovsky

Episode 3

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Jezebel by Irene Nemirovsky, Episode 3

Gladys is so obsessed with hiding her age she will stop at nothing, including murder. 

Gladys, jailed for murdering a younger man, delves into the past.  Aged 40, she is having an affair and gets rejected.  Stars Frances Barber.

In 1930's France, Gladys, obsessed with her looks and lost youth,  has been jailed for murdering a younger man.  She delves into key moments in her past that led to the murder.  Aged 40, Gladys is having an affair with Sir Mark and for the first time in her life she is rejected by a man.

Gladys ...... Frances Barber
Némirovsky ..... Anna Francolini
Sir Mark ...... David Sterne
Claude ...... Conrad Nelson
Carmen Gonzales ...... Ellen Dryden

Jezebel by Irène Némirovsky 
Translated by Sandra Smith
Dramatised by Ellen Dryden

Produced and Directed by Pauline Harris

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Drama set in 1900s France adapted from Irene Nemirovsky's novella about Gladys Eysenach.

Drama set in 1900s France adapted from Irene Nemirovsky's novella about Gladys Eysenach, an older woman so obsessed with her lost youth, she will stop at nothing, including murder.

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