
5. Prisoner
Kate is a prisoner in the countryside, and yearns to escape back to the mixed pleasures of Dublin. Starring Charlie Murphy.
Kate is a prisoner in the countryside, and yearns to escape back to the mixed pleasures of Dublin.
Edna O’Brien’s frank, funny and subversive story of friendship and growing up in rural Ireland in the 1950s - seen through the eyes of two friends.
The Country Girls Trilogy is now recognised as an iconic work of 20th century Irish fiction.
Dramatised by Kate Hims.
Kate ...... Charlie Murphy
Baba ...... Aoibhinn McGinnity
Molly ...... Niamh Denyer
Priest ...... Des McAleer
Dada ...... David Ganly
Jack Holland ...... Jonjo O’Neill
Tom ...... Paul Hickey
Directors: Sally Avens & Jessica Dromgoole
First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 in October 2019.
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- Fri 18 Oct 2019 10:45ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Fri 18 Oct 2019 19:45ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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