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1. The Brink

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Society parties continue in Danielstown during the Irish War of Independence, and Lois waits for life to begin. Stars Anna Healy.

1920, Danielstown, County Cork. Lois is poised on the brink of womanhood.

She dances and flirts with English officers, but they do not always return from patrols.

Starring Anna Healy and Greg Wise.

Elizabeth Bowen's 1929 novel is a portrait of a young woman's coming of age during the Irish War of Independence.

Dramatised in two parts by Nigel Gearing.

Lois ... Anna Healy
Gerald ... Greg Wise
Lady Myra ... Carmel McSharry
Sir Richard ... Denys Hawthorne
Marda ... Frances Tomelty
Hugo ... Billy Boyle
Francis ... Janet Maw
Livvy ... Anna Livia Ryan
David ... Robert Harper
Laurence ... J D Kelleher
Daventry ... Dorian Lough

Director: Claire Grove

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1996.

1 hour

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