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Mary's troubled relationship with houseboy Moses comes to a violent end. Stars Alison Petit and Tracy-Ann Oberman.

Dick unknowingly seals Mary's fate, as her troubled relationship with houseboy Moses comes to a violent end.

Conclusion of Doris Lessing's powerful exploration of racial politics in 1940s Rhodesia.

The Nobel Prize winner's debut novel, first published in 1950.

Starring Alison Pettit and Tracy-Ann Oberman.

Dramatised by Tina Pepler.

Mary Turner 1 ...... Alison Pettit
Mary Turner 2 ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Charlie Slatter ...... Miles Anderson
Dick Turner ...... Andrew Wincott
Tony Marston ...... Tom George
Denham ...... Don McCorkindale
Moses ...... Nicholas Beveney
Pheobe Slatter ...... Estelle Kohler

Director: Marion Nancarrow

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2000.

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