Girl with a Pearl Earring

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Tracy Chevalier - Girl with a Pearl Earring: 5. Earrings

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5. Earrings

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Griet sits for a painting by Vermeer wearing the earrings of his wife.

Vermeer’s wife pregnant, their daughter jealous, yet Griet sits for the painter, wearing his wife’s earrings. Stars Libby Mai.

Life carries on in the house of Vermeer – his wife Catharina is now six months pregnant and their jealous daughter Cornelia is ever watchful. 

Meanwhile, in the attic studio behind a closed door, the young servant Griet sits for the painter, wearing his wife’s earrings.

Tracy Chevalier’s much-loved novel about the unknown model in Vermeer’s famous painting and what her relationship with the renowned artist might have been. 

Dramatised by Ayeesha Menon.

Griet …... Libby Mai 
Vermeer .….. Khalid Abdalla                         
Cornelia …... Mia Wilks             
Pieter’s Father / Van Leeuwenhoek …... Ben Crowe
Maria Thins …... Eleanor Bron
Tanneke …... Laura Elphinstone       
Catharina …... Hattie Morahan 
Franciscus …... Liam Howes
Griet’s Mother .….. Jane Whittenshaw               
Adult Cornelia .….. Lissie Minnitt
Pawn Broker …... Tom Goodman-Hill

Directed and produced by Amber Barnfather

A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2020.

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Tracy Chevalier's much-loved novel about the unknown model in Vermeer's famous painting.

Tracy Chevalier's much-loved novel about the unknown model in Vermeer's famous painting, dramatised by Ayeesha Menon. Starring Khalid Abdalla, Hattie Morahan and Tom Goodman-Hill.

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