A Many-Splendoured Thing, Part 1

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Part One of Ming Ho’s new dramatisation of Han Suyin’s landmark semi-autobiographical novel. The story follows Suyin, a doctor and writer, living and working in late 1940s Hong Kong. When Suyin meets British war reporter Mark, she embarks on a secret love affair that tests her relationship to her own Eurasian identity and divided loyalties. With a fierce sense of duty to China, and a difficult past, Suyin is forced to ask if their relationship could really survive outside of Hong Kong. And at what cost? Originally published in 1952, this is a story of two societies on the cusp of change - colonial Hong Kong and feudal, revolutionary China – in a fresh adaptation for BBC Radio 4. CAST Suyin ..... Chipo Chung Mark ..... Billy Howle Adeline Palmer-Jones ..... Sarah Lam Humphrey Palmer Jones/Third Uncle ..... Paul Courtenay Hyu Robert Hung/William Monk ..... Daniel York Loh Nora Hung/Suchen ..... Jennifer Lim Suzanne/ Martha Monk ..... Elizabeth Chan John Tam/Ribiero ..... Jon Chew Fiona Manton ..... Ruth Everett James Manton ..... Dickon Farmar Mei..... Ivy Wong Dramatised by Ming Ho Directed by Anne Isger Sound by Andy Garrett and Pete Ringrose Production Co-ordination by Ben Hollands A BBC Audio Production