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A Country House by Dorothy Edwards

4 Extra Debut. A young wife haunted by Chopin’s lover Georges Sands, yearns for connection - then an electrician arrives. Stars Jane Lapotaire.

Shortly after the First World War, in an isolated country house, a lonely young woman practises the piano. She finds her relationships with her husband and a young engineer strangely influenced by the music of Chopin and the ghostly presence of Chopin's lover, Georges Sand.

A play by Michelene Wandor based on the short story by Dorothy Edwards

She ... Sally Cookson
He ... Michael McClain
Mr Richardson ... Stephen Rashbrook
Georges Sand ... Jane Lapotaire
Mr Green ... Peter Wickham

Director: Marc Beeby

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2000.

45 minutes

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Mon 8 Jun 202615:00
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