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1. Attraction

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The alluring Gwendolen is the object of several affections in this dramatisation of the 1876 classic. Starring Anna Chancellor.

From the moment their eyes meet across a packed gaming room, Daniel Deronda is as drawn to Gwendolen Harleth as she is to him.

George Eliot's 1876 classic novel of love and idealism.

Starring Anna Chancellor and Michael Perceval-Maxwell.

Dramatised in three parts by Robert Forrest.

Gwendolen Harleth ...... Anna Chancellor
Deronda ...... Michael Perceval-Maxwell
Grandcourt ...... James Bryce
Mrs Davilow ...... Joanna Tope
Klesmer ...... Finlay Welsh
Mirah ...... Lucy Patterson
Baroness Langen ...... Sarah Collier
Sir Hugo ...... Sandy Neilson
Catherine ...... Katherine Igoe
Lydia ...... Noreen Leighton
Lush ...... Simon Tait
Rex ...... Gregor Powrie

Director: Patrick Rayner

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999.

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