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Last broadcast on Sat, 20 Mar 2010, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Dramatisation by Hattie Naylor of the 1748 novel by Samuel Richardson.
The beautiful young heiress Clarissa Harlowe is dangerously attracted by the wiles of the notorious libertine Robert Lovelace. Threatened by an imminent marriage arranged with the odious suitor her family have found for her, Lovelace persuades Clarissa to flee with him.
Clarissa Harlowe ...... Zoe Waites
Robert Lovelace ...... Richard Armitage
James Harlowe ...... Oliver Milburn
Solmes ...... Stephen Critchlow
Bella Harlowe ...... Sophie Thompson
Lady Harlowe ...... Alison Steadman
Lord Harlowe ...... John Rowe
Mrs Norton ...... Deborah Findlay
Anna Howe ...... Cathy Sara
Directed by Marilyn Imrie
A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4.
Broadcasts
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Sun 14 Mar 201015:00
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Sat 20 Mar 201021:00

