Last week, Persuasion…this week, Mansfield Park.
BBC Radio 4 Extra are broadcasting a really lovely adaptation of Jane Austen’s most controversial novel, Mansfield Park this week.
Episode One has already been broadcast and is available to Listen Again to ,here, for the next seven days: Episode 2 is just finishing as I write and is available here, again for seven days. The third episode will be accessible via the adaptations main page, tomorrow.
As in last weeks case, this can be listened to wherever you are in the world and access is not limited to those of us who live in the UK. If you want to keep it, it can be downloaded for £7.49 here. It was first broadcast on Radio 4 in 2007.
It has a fabulous cast: Hannah Gordon is Jane Austen, the late and very lamented Michael Williams is Sir Thomas and Robert Glennister ( sigh) is Edmund. Fanny is played by Amanda Root ( who was the best Anne Elliot ever!)
5 comments
July 10, 2012 at 2:10 pm
imogen88
Julie, I am so glad this novel is getting a bit more of an airing. So good.
July 10, 2012 at 8:10 pm
jfwakefield
This is a rather good version. I’m really loving Phillip Glennister as Edmund :)
July 10, 2012 at 10:30 pm
cathyallen
Oh, wonderful! I’ll hopefully get started with it after dinner tonight! Greatly enjoyed Persuasion, thank you!
July 11, 2012 at 3:42 pm
cathyallen
I listened to Part One last night, and it was great, as you said. Thanks Julie; looking forward to more tonight!
July 13, 2012 at 3:55 am
Jen K
Oh! Do you know I could’ve sworn Mr. Price was Our Rufus. Never had I been happier to hear Fanny’s sweary father.
I love that they tried to highlight the interests and passions and talents of Fanny. Most tend to miss them in the subtlety of the text. #TeamFanny