The Old Wives' Tale (Omnibus)

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Arnold Bennett - The Old Wives' Tale (Omnibus): Episode 3

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Constance lives for her 19 year old son, Cyril, while Sophia runs her Paris hotel

Constance lives for her 19 year old son, Cyril, while Sophia runs her Paris hotel. Stars Marica Warren and Penelope Wilton.

Constance, now in her late 40s, lives for her 19 year old son, Cyril, while Sophia runs her smart hotel in Paris.   

Starring Gillian Kearney and Katy Cavanagh.

Arnold Bennett's novel follows the lives of two very different sisters who grow up above a thriving drapery business in the Potteries during the 1860s.

Omnibus of the last five of 15 episodes dramatised by Stephen Wyatt.

Constance …. Marcia Warren
Sophia …. Penelope Wilton 
Younger Constance .... Gillian Kearney
Younger Sophia .... Katy Cavanagh 
Narrator .... Phillip Jackson
Cyril Povey .... Jim Pyke
Maria Inshull/ Critchlow .... Rachel Atkins
Mr Critchlow .... Stephen Critchlow
Auctioneer/Guard .... Declan Wilson
Lewis Mardon .... John Rowe
Matthew Peel-Swynnerton .... Carl Prekopp
Dr Stirling .... Andrew Harrison
Amy .... Lydia Leonard
Mr Bodero .... Declan Wilson
Mary .... Jaimi Barbakoff

Directors: Claire Grove & Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2004.

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Stories following the lives of two very different sisters, Constance and Sophia Baines.

Arnold Bennett's novel follows the lives of two very different sisters Sophia and Constance, who grow up above a thriving drapery business in the Potteries during the 1860s.

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