To celebrate 200 years since the publication of Jane Austin's classic novel Mansfield Park, BBC Radio 4 Extra have been repeating the 2003 serialisation
Today they air episode 9 of of Lin Coghlin's 10-part adaptation which stars David Tennant, Benedict Cumberbatch and Felicity Jones.
Mansfield Park centres on Fanny Price, one of nine children born to a family in financial difficulties who is sent to be raised by her wealthy aunt and uncle. David and Benedict play brothers Tom and Edmund, sons of Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram, and cousins to Fanny. Of the two, Tom is the profligate gambler and character of ill-repute, but it is towards the gentle and kind Edmund that Fanny is drawn and with whom she forms a romantic attachment. Fanny struggles to be the social equal of her adoptive family and those in their circle, however, she is the moral centre of the story.
Episode 9
Fanny's stay with her family in Portsmouth is not the happy
occasion she might have been expecting.
Cast
Felicity Jones - Fanny Price
Tim Pigott-Smith - Sir Thomas Bertram
Liza Sadovy - Lady Bertram
David Tennant - Tom
Benedict Cumberbatch - Edmund
Kate Fleetwood - Maria
Julia McKenzie - Mrs. Norris
Toby Jones - Rushworth
James Callis - Henry
Susan Lynch - Mary
Amanda Root - Narrator
Produced and directed by Sally Avens
Today’s episode can be heard again at midnight and as part of the episode 6-10 omnibus airing at 6am and 12pm on Sunday 25th May.
Overseas listeners can hear the production at this link
Overseas listeners can hear the production at this link
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