The Country Girls (Omnibus)

The Country Girls The Lonely Girl (Omnibus)

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Edna O'Brien - The Country Girls Trilogy (Omnibus)

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The Country Girls Trilogy

Edna O'Brien's frank, funny story of growing up in rural Ireland in the 50s.

The Country Girls (omnibus)

Edna O'Brien - The Country Girls Trilogy (Omnibus): The Lonely Girl: Episode 2

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The Lonely Girl

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Kate returns to live with the married Eugene but her father soon comes looking for her.

Kate returns to live with the married Eugene but her father comes looking for her. Stars Charlie Murphy and Jonathan Forbes.

Kate has escaped from the countryside and returns to live with the married Eugene, but her father and his cronies soon come looking for her with violent results.

Funny and subversive story of womanhood in Ireland in the 1950s.

Originally published in the 1960s, The Lonely Girl, and the two other novels in the trilogy (The Country Girls and Girls in their Married Bliss), were banned by the Irish Censorship Board, burnt publicly in O’Brien’s home town, and described by the Justice Minister (a young Charles Haughey) as filth.

Edna O’Brien's trilogy is now recognised as an iconic work of 20th century Irish fiction.

Omnibus of the last five of ten parts dramatised by Kate Hims.    

Kate ..... Charlie Murphy
Eugene ..... Jonathan Forbes 
Anna ..... Catherine Cusack
Dada ..... David Ganly
Jack Holland ..... Jonjo O'Neill
Tom ..... Paul Hickey
Andy ..... Shaun Mason

Directors: Sally Avens & Jessica Dromgoole

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2019

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

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

The second book in Edna O'Brien's frank, funny trilogy of growing up in rural Ireland in the 50s.

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