Wives and Daughters

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Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters: 9. Reviving Hopes and Brightening Prospects

Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters

9. Reviving Hopes and Brightening Prospects

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters, 9. Reviving Hopes and Brightening Prospects

Adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's 1865 novel about 17 year old Molly Gibson.

What will become of Osborne's wife and child? And is a marriage proposal on its way to Cynthia? Starring Kathryn Hurlbutt.

"Dead! Osborne! Poor fellow! " said Mrs Gibson, " I knew it would be so though - I was sure of It. But Mr Gibson can do nothing if he's dead. (Poor young man!) I wonder where Roger is now? He ought to come home."

What will become of Osborne's wife and child? 

And is a marriage proposal on the way...? 

Conclusion of Elizabeth Gaskell's final novel.  

Starring Tom Wilkinson, Kathryn Hurlbutt and Angela Pleasence.

Dramatised by Barry Campbell.

Molly .... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Clare .... Angela Pleasence
Mr Gibson .... Tom Wilkinson
Cynthia .... Anne-Louise Lambert
Squire Hamley .... Robert Lang
Roger Hamley .... Michael Troughton
Lady Harriet .... Marian Diamond
Lady Cumnor .... Pauline Letts
Lord Hollingfold .... Geoffrey Collins
Aimee/Maria .... Eileen Tully
Robinson .... Nigel Graham
Mrs Gaskell .... Thelma Whiteley

Music composed by Rachel Portman

Director: Jane Morgan

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1983

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Molly Gibson is the only daughter of a widowed doctor who must spend time away from him.

Molly Gibson is the only daughter of a widowed doctor who must spend time away from him. Starring Kathryn Hurlbutt and Tom Wilkinson.

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