Episodes
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| 01 | At The Family's Edges | 20150309 | Homely Delia Grinstead has an unexpected romantic encounter in the grocery aisle.
By Anne Tyler dramatised by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Episode One - At The Family's Edges An unexpected romantic encounter in the grocery aisle is the beginning of a new adventure for homely Delia Grinstead. Director: David Hunter The story of the Novel Delaware State Police announced early today that Cordelia F. Grinstead, 40, wife of a Roland Park physician, has been reported missing while on holiday with her family on Bethany Beach. A slender, small-boned woman with curly fair or light brown hair, Mrs. Grinstead stands 5'2" or possibly 5'5" and weighs either 90 or 110 pounds. Her eyes are blue or gray or perhaps green. In fact, Delia has simply walked off down the beach, out of her own life and away from her husband, Sam, and her three almost grown-up children. As long as she can remember, Delia has been patronised, organised and taken for granted. That day something which had already begun to fray quietly snaps. In a nearby town, she buys new clothes and re-invents herself as a serious and independent-minded woman without ties. But living the fantasy that many would love to try does not prove so simple. An unsettling story about marriage, families and the triumph of hope over experience, this is ideal material for the 15' Drama slot. Following in the wake of her earlier classic tale DINNER AT THE HOMESICK RESTAURANT in the same slot this would again be brought to the listener through the dramatization skills of Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Rebecca is ideal to explore the subtle, unshowy emotional depths of Anne Tyler's writing and to expose the humour and pain bound up in this lucid portrayal of one woman's crisis. Tyler works her magic through deftly flawed characters, through just the right little details, through perfectly carved and selective dialogue and through small sharply related incidents. Anne Tyler is an exquisite chronicler of the everyday - many would say the modern-day Jane Austen. Her latest, eagerly awaited novel, A SPOOL OF BLUE THREAD, has just been published. Anne Tyler has recently been interviewed for the World Book Programme and prominent articles have been featured in the press. You can hear Anne Tyler on her novel Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant on World Book Club Sunday 8th March at 20.05. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p003jhsk At the recent OSCARS and BAFTA Awards Rebecca's collaboration with Pawel Pawlikowksi, IDA, was successful in winning the best foreign film category. HER NAKED SKIN by Rebecca Lenkiewicz was the first play to be performed on the Olivier stage by a living female playwright. THE NIGHT SEASON won the Critics Circle Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright. SARAH AND KEN (Drama on 3) was awarded a special commendation at the 2012 BBC Audio Drama Awards. Other radio work includes CARAVAN OF DESIRE, BLUE MOON OVER POPLAR and DRACULA for the Classic serial. There is a synergy between Rebecca and Anne Tyler - a common precision of language, an understanding of character, a shared angle on the poetry of language and image and a similar sense of fascination with the quirky and the offbeat. Homely Delia Grinstead has an unexpected romantic encounter in the grocery aisle. By Anne Tyler dramatised by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Episode One - At The Family's Edges An unexpected romantic encounter in the grocery aisle is the beginning of a new adventure for homely Delia Grinstead. Director: David Hunter The story of the Novel "Delaware State Police announced early today that Cordelia F. Grinstead, 40, wife of a Roland Park physician, has been reported missing while on holiday with her family on Bethany Beach. A slender, small-boned woman with curly fair or light brown hair, Mrs. Grinstead stands 5'2"" or possibly 5'5"" and weighs either 90 or 110 pounds. Her eyes are blue or gray or perhaps green. " In fact, Delia has simply walked off down the beach, out of her own life and away from her husband, Sam, and her three almost grown-up children. As long as she can remember, Delia has been patronised, organised and taken for granted. That day something which had already begun to fray quietly snaps. In a nearby town, she buys new clothes and re-invents herself as a serious and independent-minded woman without ties. But living the fantasy that many would love to try does not prove so simple. An unsettling story about marriage, families and the triumph of hope over experience, this is ideal material for the 15' Drama slot. Following in the wake of her earlier classic tale DINNER AT THE HOMESICK RESTAURANT in the same slot this would again be brought to the listener through the dramatization skills of Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Rebecca is ideal to explore the subtle, unshowy emotional depths of Anne Tyler's writing and to expose the humour and pain bound up in this lucid portrayal of one woman's crisis. Tyler works her magic through deftly flawed characters, through just the right little details, through perfectly carved and selective dialogue and through small sharply related incidents. Anne Tyler is an exquisite chronicler of the everyday - many would say the modern-day Jane Austen. Her latest, eagerly awaited novel, A SPOOL OF BLUE THREAD, has just been published. Anne Tyler has recently been interviewed for the World Book Programme and prominent articles have been featured in the press. You can hear Anne Tyler on her novel Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant on World Book Club Sunday 8th March at 20.05. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p003jhsk At the recent OSCARS and BAFTA Awards Rebecca's collaboration with Pawel Pawlikowksi, IDA, was successful in winning the best foreign film category. HER NAKED SKIN by Rebecca Lenkiewicz was the first play to be performed on the Olivier stage by a living female playwright. THE NIGHT SEASON won the Critics Circle Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright. SARAH AND KEN (Drama on 3) was awarded a special commendation at the 2012 BBC Audio Drama Awards. Other radio work includes CARAVAN OF DESIRE, BLUE MOON OVER POPLAR and DRACULA for the Classic serial. There is a synergy between Rebecca and Anne Tyler - a common precision of language, an understanding of character, a shared angle on the poetry of language and image and a similar sense of fascination with the quirky and the offbeat.
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| 02 | The Felson Girls | 20150310 | Delia's chance meeting with a younger man focuses her dissatisfactions with her home life. by Anne Tyler dramatised by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Episode 2 - The Felson Girls Her chance meeting with a younger man has focussed Delia Grinstead's dissatisfactions with her husband and her disjointed Baltimore household. Director: David Hunter.
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| 03 | The Ocean | 20150311 | Delia Grinstead makes an impulsive decision on the annual family vacation. by Anne Tyler dramatised by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Episode Three - The Ocean Aren't we all tempted at one time or another to leave our old lives behind? Delia Grinstead makes an impulsive decision on the annual family vacation. Director: David Hunter.
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| 04 | The Executive Secretary | 20150312 | Delia Grinstead starts a new life alone in the small town of Bay Borough.
by Anne Tyler dramatised by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Episode Four - The Executive Secretary Delia Grinstead left her family on the beach this morning. Now is the chance to start a new, simpler life. Director: David Hunter. by Anne Tyler dramatised by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Episode Four - The Executive Secretary Delia Grinstead left her family on the beach this morning. Now is the chance to start a new, simpler life. Director: David Hunter. Delia Grinstead starts a new life alone in the small town of Bay Borough. by Anne Tyler dramatised by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Episode Four - The Executive Secretary Delia Grinstead left her family on the beach this morning. Now is the chance to start a new, simpler life. Director: David Hunter.
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| 05 | The Filling Of White Hours | 20150313 | by Anne Tyler dramatised by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Episode Five - The Filling of White Hours Little by little Delia Grinstead's new life in the sleepy town of Bay Borough is beginning to feel less solitary. Director: David Hunter.
Little by little, Delia's new life in sleepy Bay Borough begins to feel less solitary. Little by little, Delia's new life in sleepy Bay Borough begins to feel less solitary. Little by little, Delia's new life in sleepy Bay Borough begins to feel less solitary. by Anne Tyler dramatised by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Episode Five - The Filling of White Hours Little by little Delia Grinstead's new life in the sleepy town of Bay Borough is beginning to feel less solitary. Director: David Hunter.
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| 06 | Penny Soup | 20150316 | by Anne Tyler dramatised by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Episode Six - Penny Soup Delia Grinstead's new job in the sleepy town of Bay Borough draws her into the business of another fractured family. Director: David Hunter.
Delia Grinstead's new job draws her into the business of another fractured family. |
| 07 | Ketchup On His French Fries | 20150317 | Delia Grinstead's new life and equilibrium are disturbed by an unexpected visitor to town. by Anne Tyler dramatised by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Episode Seven - Ketchup on his French Fries Delia - Nancy Crane Narrator - Barbara Barnes Noah - Sean McCrystal Binky - Rhiannon Neads Nat - David Hounslow Joel - Sam Dale Carroll - Sam Valentine Rick Rack - Jude Akuwudike Belle - Jane Slavin Director: David Hunter.
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| 08 | Green Light, Green Light | 20150318 | Delia's encounter with Noah's mother proves to be fraught with injury and danger.
by Anne Tyler dramatised by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Episode Eight - Green Light, Green Light. Increasingly enmeshed in their family matters, Delia's encounter with Noah's mother proves to be fraught with injury and danger. Delia - Nancy Crane Narrator - Barbara Barnes Ellie - Lucy Newman-Williams Noah - Sean McCrystal Joel - Sam Dale Susie - Roslyn Hill Director: David Hunter. by Anne Tyler dramatised by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Episode Eight - Green Light, Green Light. Increasingly enmeshed in their family matters, Delia's encounter with Noah's mother proves to be fraught with injury and danger. Delia - Nancy Crane Narrator - Barbara Barnes Ellie - Lucy Newman-Williams Noah - Sean McCrystal Joel - Sam Dale Susie - Roslyn Hill Director: David Hunter. Delia's encounter with Noah's mother proves to be fraught with injury and danger. by Anne Tyler dramatised by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Episode Eight - Green Light, Green Light. Increasingly enmeshed in their family matters, Delia's encounter with Noah's mother proves to be fraught with injury and danger. Delia - Nancy Crane Narrator - Barbara Barnes Ellie - Lucy Newman-Williams Noah - Sean McCrystal Joel - Sam Dale Susie - Roslyn Hill Director: David Hunter.
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| 09 | I'm Calling About Susie | 20150319 | by Anne Tyler dramatised by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Episode Nine - I'm Calling about Susie After more than a year away Delia finds herself feeling drawn back to the fractured family in Baltimore. Director: David Hunter.
After more than a year away, Delia feels herself drawn back to the family in Baltimore. After more than a year away, Delia feels herself drawn back to the family in Baltimore. by Anne Tyler dramatised by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Episode Nine - I'm Calling about Susie After more than a year away Delia finds herself feeling drawn back to the fractured family in Baltimore. Director: David Hunter. After more than a year away, Delia feels herself drawn back to the family in Baltimore.
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| 10 | The Wedding Day Hitch | 20150320 | by Anne Tyler dramatised by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Episode Ten - The Wedding Day Hitch After more than a year away Delia Grinstead is drawn back into the remnants of her fractured family. She is badly needed. Director: David Hunter.
After more than a year away, Delia is drawn back into the remnants of her fractured family After more than a year away, Delia is drawn back into the remnants of her fractured family by Anne Tyler dramatised by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Episode Ten - The Wedding Day Hitch After more than a year away Delia Grinstead is drawn back into the remnants of her fractured family. She is badly needed. Director: David Hunter. After more than a year away, Delia is drawn back into the remnants of her fractured family
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