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Daphne Du Maurier

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Tales from the award-winning novelist Dame Daphne du Maurier - Lady Browning.

Tales from the award-winning novelist Dame Daphne du Maurier -  Lady Browning.

Daphne Du Maurier: Jamaica Inn: 3. No comfort or joy

3. No comfort or joy

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Abandoned Mary returns to the Cornish coaching house, where an angry mob confront her.

Abandoned Mary returns to the Cornish coaching house, where an angry mob confront her. Stars Susannah Corbett and John Woodvine.

It is Christmas Eve and a terrified Mary has been abandoned at Launceston Fair. 

Now she must make her way back along the lonely road to Jamaica Inn.  

Daphne du Maurier's classic gothic suspense novel, first published in 1936.

Starring Susannah Corbett and John Woodvine.

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Mary Yellan .... Susannah Corbett
Joss Merlyn .... John Woodvine
Aunt Patience .... Auriol Smith
Jem Merlyn .... Mark Straker
Reverend Francis Davey .... James Laurenson
Harry, the Pedlar .... John Hartley
1st wrecker .... Peter Gunn
2nd wrecker .... Matthew Sim
3rd wrecker .... Robert Portal
Coachman .... Brett Usher
Hannah .... Katherine Parr
Scobell .... Eric Allan

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1991

Daphne Du Maurier: Jamaica Inn

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Daphne du Maurier's novel, in which a young woman encounters criminals at a Cornish inn.

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