Rosamond Lehmann - The Echoing Grove

Two sisters meet in order to be reconciled after 15 years.

Various ghosts lay between them and not least that of Rickie - husband of Madeleine and lover of Dinah.

"Let us agree to give up Love
And root up the infernal grove;
Then we shall return and see
The worlds of happy Eternity.
And throughout all Eternity
I forgive you, you forgive me"

Rosamond Lehmann’s novel first published in 1953.

Starring Janet Suzman and Susan Engel.

Dramatised by Elspeth Sandys.

Dinah .... Janet Suzman
Madeleine .... Susan Engel
Rickie .... Christopher Cazenove
Georgie .... Maureen O'Brien
Mrs Burkett .... Pauline Letts
Rob .... William Nighy
Jocelyn .... Andrew Seear
Ernest Selbig .... Rex Robinson
Jack .... David McAlister
Clara .... Amanda Murray
Anthony .... Christine Absolom
Doctor .... Alan Dudley
Nurse .... Margaret Robertson

Director: Jane Morgan

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1981.