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Episode 2
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Seeking solace and marriage from her lover, Kitty is forced to leave for a cholera-infested island. With Nicholas Farrell.
by Somerset Maugham
dramatised by Lizzie Nunnery
First published in 1925 to a storm of protest this is a haunting and poignant drama of a woman's spiritual awakening.
Set in 1920's China. Kitty runs to her lover seeking solace and the promise of marriage. Instead she is faced with the terrible truth and is forced to leave for the cholera infested island of Mei-Fan-Tu with husband, Walter.
Kitty ....... Sarah Smart
Walter ..... Nicholas Farrell
Charles ....... James Nickerson
Waddington ..... Conrad Nelson
Chinese worker ....... Chris Li
Directed by Pauline Harris.
Last on
Wed 23 Sep 2015
02:30
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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