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A Gift of Fire
Miss Dunstable holds a party while Lord Lufton, rejected by Lucy, finally returns from his fishing trip. Stars Hattie Morahan.
by Anthony Trollope, dramatised for radio by Nick Warburton
After a lot of proposals made and turned down in Barchester, Miss Dunstable decides to hold a party. Lord Lufton - turned down by Lucy - finally comes back from his fishing trip, unaware that Lucy is now nursing the Vicar's wife in typhus-ridden Hogglestock.....
Music composed by David Robin, Jeff Meegan and Julian Gallant
Produced & directed by Marion Nancarrow
And we return to Anthony Trollope's Barchester in "The Small House at Allington", will be broadcast in December.
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Sat 1 Sep 201803:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Mrs Baxter | Maggie Steed |
| Mark Robarts | Pip Carter |
| Fanny Robarts | Charity Wakefield |
| Lucy Robarts | Sarah Ovens |
| Lady Lufton | Kate Buffery |
| Lord Lufton | Joe Coen |
| Mr Sowerby | Nicholas Farrell |
| Miss Dunstable | Hattie Morahan |
| Mr Crawley | Adam Kotz |
| Mary | Pippa Bennett-Warner |
| Susan Grantly | Charlotte Emmerson |
| Griselda | Sarah Sweeney |
| Mrs Smith | Elaine Claxton |
| Gossip | Elaine Claxton |
| Duke | David Cann |
| Drinker | David Cann |
| Bailiff | David Cann |
| Drinker | Clive Hayward |
| Gossip | Clive Hayward |
| Servant | Clive Hayward |
| Director | Marion Nancarrow |
| Producer | Marion Nancarrow |
| Adaptor | Nick Warburton |
| Author | Anthony Trollope |
Broadcasts
- Sun 14 Sep 201415:00BBC Radio 4
- Sat 20 Sep 201421:00BBC Radio 4
- Fri 31 Aug 201810:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Fri 31 Aug 201815:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 1 Sep 201803:00BBC Radio 4 Extra