Episode 2
Heartache and danger lie ahead for Laura Montreville, as she tries to choose between the love of two men. Stars Gerda Stevenson.
After her father's death Laura, now penniless, is taken in by her Aunt Lady Pelham.
Mary Brunton’s romantic tale set in Perthshire and London narrated by Maureen Beattie.
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?
Omnibus of the last five of ten parts dramatised by Gerda Stevenson
Laura ...... Gerda Stevenson
Hargrave ...... Andrew Wincott
Mrs Stubbs ...... Phyllida Law
Lady Pelham ...... Barbara Leigh-Hunt
De Courcy ...... Tom Goodman Hill
Hargrave ...... Andrew Wincott
Mrs Harrington ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Maid ...... Emma Wooliams
Mary Brunton was a Scottish novelist much admired by Jane Austen; and Self Control, first published in 1811, deals with similar themes to Sense and Sensibility.
Producer: Bruce Young
First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in March 2003.
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