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Alexandra Harris examines the first draft of Mrs Dalloway
A clip from The Secret Life of Books. In Woolf鈥檚 notebooks, a great novel takes shape.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Mrs Clarissa Dalloway | Vanessa Redgrave |
| Young Clarissa | Natascha McElhone |
| Septimus Warren Smith | Rupert Graves |
| Peter Walsh | Michael Kitchen |
| Young Peter | Alan Cox |
| Sally Selton, Lady Rosseter | Sarah Badel |
| Young Sally | Lena Headey |
| Richard Dalloway | John Standing |
| Young Richard | Robert Portal |
| Director | Marleen Gorris |
| Producer | Christopher Ball |
| Producer | Stephen Bayly |
| Author | Virginia Woolf |
| Writer | Eileen Atkins |
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In Our Time: Mrs Dalloway
Hear Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Virginia Woolf's novel, on the Radio 4 website.
