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2. The Ball

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The dazzling splendour of a Marquis ball intensifies married Emma's longing for excitement. Stars Sarah Smart and John Hurt.

The dazzling splendour of a Marquis ball intensifies married Emma's longing for excitement

Gustave Flaubert''s French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness - the first great novel of adultery.

Narrated by John Hurt.

Dramatised by Diana Griffiths from Margaret Mauldon's translation.

Narrator ...... John Hurt
Charles ...... Conrad Nelson
Emma ...... Sarah Smart
Madame Bovary Snr ...... Brigit Forsyth
Monsieur Rouault ...... Russell Dixon

Producer: Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2006.

15 minutes

Last on

Wed 27 Sep 202302:15
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