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3. Elephant

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Everyone rushes to see a dead elephant, but Sophia stays with her invalid father and meets an admirer. Stars Katy Cavanagh.

While all of Bursley rush to see a dead elephant, Sophia stays at home with her invalid father and meets an admirer...

Starring Gillian Kearney and Katy Cavanagh.

Arnold Bennett's novel follows the lives of two very different sisters who grow up above a thriving drapery business in the Potteries, during the 1860s.

Dramatised by Stephen Wyatt.

Constance .... Gillian Kearney
Sophia .... Katy Cavanagh
Narrator .... Phillip Jackson
Sam Povey .... Ian Dunn
Mrs Baines .... Barbara Marten
Gerald Scales .... Nicholas Boulton

Director: Claire Grove

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2004.

15 minutes

Last on

Thu 16 Nov 202302:15
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