Episodes
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| 20160327 | The News from Home, a new play by Nick Dear written for the centenary of the Easter Rising in Dublin. The play views the events of Easter Week 1916 and its aftermath through the eyes of Kitty and Nora, maidservants of an English country house, tucked away in the New Forest. Kitty and Nora come from Roscrea, Tipperary, and have always thought of themselves as British citizens, but their views change as they learn that there has been an armed insurrection in their homeland, and for a few days, as news trickles in, it seems just possible that the nascent Irish Republic may succeed. Overnight the girls become thought of as Irish, not British, and potentially in league with the German enemy. Kitty - Clare Dunne Nora - Charlene McKenna Ilsa - Geraldine Somerville Blanche - Nelly Harker Scammell - Sam Dale Cook - Serena Evans Archie - Sam Troughton Ken - Ferdinand Kingsley Directed by Celia de Wolff A Pier Production for BBC Radio 3.
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| 20160327 | The News from Home, a new play by Nick Dear written for the centenary of the Easter Rising in Dublin. The play views the events of Easter Week 1916 and its aftermath through the eyes of Kitty and Nora, maidservants of an English country house, tucked away in the New Forest. Kitty and Nora come from Roscrea, Tipperary, and have always thought of themselves as British citizens, but their views change as they learn that there has been an armed insurrection in their homeland, and for a few days, as news trickles in, it seems just possible that the nascent Irish Republic may succeed. Overnight the girls become thought of as Irish, not British, and potentially in league with the German enemy. Kitty - Clare Dunne Nora - Charlene McKenna Ilsa - Geraldine Somerville Blanche - Nelly Harker Scammell - Sam Dale Cook - Serena Evans Archie - Sam Troughton Ken - Ferdinand Kingsley Directed by Celia de Wolff A Pier Production for BBC Radio 3.
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