Edith Wharton - The Age Of Innocence

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0120080106

Newland Archer is engaged to May Welland, but his life takes an unexpected turn when he meets May's unconventional cousin Countess Ellen Olenska.

Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a passionate life-long love affair which breaks all the rules of the restrictive high society of 1870's New York.

Dramatised in two parts by Jane Rogers.

Newland Archer .... Ryan McCluskey
Ellen Olenska .... Susan Lynch
May Welland ... Kellie Bright
Augusta Welland .... Lorelei King
Sillerton Jackson/Riviere ..... Kerry Shale
Julius Beaufort .... Conrad Nelson
Lawrence .... Martin T Sherman

Director: Nadia Molinari

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2008.

Life takes an unexpected turn when Newland Archer meets his fiancee's cousin.

Edith Wharton's prize-winning novel, dramatised by Jane Rogers, set in 1870s New York

0120080106

Newland Archer is engaged to May Welland, but his life takes an unexpected turn when he meets May's unconventional cousin Countess Ellen Olenska.

Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a passionate life-long love affair which breaks all the rules of the restrictive high society of 1870's New York.

Dramatised in two parts by Jane Rogers.

Newland Archer .... Ryan McCluskey
Ellen Olenska .... Susan Lynch
May Welland ... Kellie Bright
Augusta Welland .... Lorelei King
Sillerton Jackson/Riviere ..... Kerry Shale
Julius Beaufort .... Conrad Nelson
Lawrence .... Martin T Sherman

Director: Nadia Molinari

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2008.

Life takes an unexpected turn when Newland Archer meets his fiancee's cousin.

Edith Wharton's prize-winning novel, dramatised by Jane Rogers, set in 1870s New York.

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0220080113

Despite Newland Archer's marriage to May, he is still obsessed with thoughts of Ellen Olenska.

Conclusion of Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a passionate life-long love affair which breaks all the rules of the restrictive high society of 1870's New York.

Newland Archer .... Ryan McCluskey
Ellen Olenska .... Susan Lynch
May Welland ... Kellie Bright
Augusta Welland .... Lorelei King
Sillerton Jackson/Riviere ..... Kerry Shale
Julius Beaufort .... Conrad Nelson
Lawrence .... Martin T Sherman

Dramatised by Jane Rogers.

Director: Nadia Molinari

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2008.

Despite Newland's recent marriage to May, he is still consumed by thoughts of Ellen.

Edith Wharton's prize-winning novel, dramatised by Jane Rogers, set in 1870s New York

0220080113

Despite Newland Archer's marriage to May, he is still obsessed with thoughts of Ellen Olenska.

Conclusion of Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a passionate life-long love affair which breaks all the rules of the restrictive high society of 1870's New York.

Newland Archer .... Ryan McCluskey
Ellen Olenska .... Susan Lynch
May Welland ... Kellie Bright
Augusta Welland .... Lorelei King
Sillerton Jackson/Riviere ..... Kerry Shale
Julius Beaufort .... Conrad Nelson
Lawrence .... Martin T Sherman

Dramatised by Jane Rogers.

Director: Nadia Molinari

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2008.

Despite Newland's recent marriage to May, he is still consumed by thoughts of Ellen.

Edith Wharton's prize-winning novel, dramatised by Jane Rogers, set in 1870s New York.

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