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1. The Family at Mansfield

Jane Austen Mansfield Park
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Poor relation Fanny Price arrives to live with her wealthy uncle and aunt and her four cousins. Stars Hannah Gordon.

Unlikely heroine Fanny Price is plucked from her impoverished family and brought up by her wealthy relatives at Mansfield Park.

Jane Austen's classic tale, first published in 1814.

Starring Hannah Gordon and Michael Williams.

Dramatised in three parts by Elizabeth Proud.

Jane Austen …. Hannah Gordon
Fanny …. Amanda Root
Sir Thomas Bertram …. Michael Williams
Mrs Norris …. Jane Lapotaire
Edmund Bertram …. Robert Glenister
Lady Bertram …. Louise Jameson
Mary Crawford …. Teresa Gallagher
Henry Crawford …. Andrew Wincott

Music composed by Anthea Gomez.

Music played by:

Christian McKay
Jill Heartfield
Audrey Douglas
Katharine Gittings

Directed at Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Pebble Mill by Sue Wilson

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in May 1997.

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