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Edith Wharton - Ethan Frome

Edith Wharton's tragic love story set in rural Massachusetts. Trapped in a loveless marriage, Ethan Frome becomes obsessed with his wife's cousin Mattie.

Ethan Frome scrapes a living from his woodlot whilst trapped in an unhappy marriage with his hypochondriac wife, Zeena. A ray of light enters Ethan's life when his wife's cousin Mattie arrives...

Set against the cold, grey, bleakness of a New England winter, one of Edith Wharton's most enduring and powerful stories was first published in 1911. Dramatised by Lin Coghlan.

Stars Dominic Mafham as Ethan Frome, Jessica Raine as Mattie, Laurle Lefkow as Zeena, Christopher Webster as Denis Eady, Adjoa Andoh as Post Mistress, Paul Moriaty as Andrew Hale and Fenella Woolgar as Edith Wharton.

Director: Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012.

1 hour

Last on

Mon 21 Aug 201701:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Broadcasts

  • Sat 21 Jan 201212:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 22 Jan 201202:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 23 Aug 201506:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 23 Aug 201513:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 24 Aug 201501:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 20 Aug 201706:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 20 Aug 201713:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 21 Aug 201701:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra