A Future Lost
Painter Laura's skills are praised by a London artist - but her father hears bad news of his investments. Stars Gerda Stevenson.
Laura's skills as a painter are praised by a London artist - but her father receives some terrible news about his investments...
Published in 1811, Mary Brunton’s romantic tale set in Perthshire and London - dramatised in ten parts by Gerda Stevenson.
Laura Montreville is loved by two men - a reckless libertine and a dignified but reserved landowner. In a world where polite society and sexual hypocrisy rub shoulders easily, can she choose wisely between passion and virtue?
Narrated by Maureen Beattie.
Hargrave ...... Andrew Wincott
Lady Harriet Montreville ...... Phyllida Law
Laura ...... Gerda Stevenson
Jeannie ...... Colette O'Neil
Montreville ...... Bernard Horsfall
Mr Foster ...... David Timson
Producer: Bruce Young
First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in March 2003.
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- Tue 31 May 2011 14:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Tue 3 Dec 2013 14:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Tue 11 Oct 2016 14:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Wed 12 Oct 2016 02:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Tue 25 Jun 2019 14:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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