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A comprehensive collection of dramatisations of Daphne du Mauriers works

Containing performances from wellknown actors from past and present Daphne du Maurier The BBC Radio Collection is a rich feast for all fans of the writers work Entertainment Focus

Daphne du Maurier was one of the 20^th centurys most popular writers Extraordinarily prolific she produced a string of bestsellers many of which were adapted as awardwinning films From romance and adventure yarns to psychological thrillers and supernatural tales the breadth and imaginative variety of her storytelling continues to thrill us today

This bumper collection features her most famous works and some lesserknown gems beginning with fullcast adaptations of seven of her muchloved novels Jamaica Inn Rebecca Frenchmans Creek The Kings General My Cousin Rachel The Scapegoat and The House on the Strand With settings ranging from the 19th century to the English Civil War and the Black Death of 1349 these thrilling tales take us from the wilds of Cornwall to Monte Carlo Italy and northwestern France Among the star casts are Susannah Corbett Christopher Cazenove Lorna Heilbron Cathryn Harrison Adam Godley Hugh Burden and Ian Richardson

Next up are two of her acclaimed plays The Years Between set in the 1940s and telling the story of a woman whose MP husband is reported killed in action and September Tide a bittersweet love story centred around a mother her newlymarried daughter and her artist soninlaw Diana Quick Roger Allam Paula Wilcox Jonathan Firth and Alice Hart star in these twisty subversive dramas

We conclude with a selection of Daphne du Mauriers short fiction Dramatised by Melissa Murray The Birds stars Neil Dudgeon and Nicola Walker It is followed by The Blue Lenses and The Little Photographer starring Bethany Muir and Lucy Boynton respectively and The Apple Tree starring Charles Gray Also included are fullcast adaptations of Panic starring Dinsdale Landen and Maureen OBrien The Chamois starring Christopher Cazenove and Anna Cropper The Alibi starring Tony Britton and Sarah Badel Ganymede starring John Le Mesurier and Anthony Daniels and Dont Look Now starring Jamie Parker and Aisling Loftus

Please note that the pieces in this collection range from vintage 1970s productions to modern adaptations and the sound quality reflects the age of the recordings

Contents
Jamaica Inn
Rebecca
Frenchmans Creek
The Kings General
My Cousin Rachel
The Scapegoat
The House on the Strand
The Years Between
September Tide
The Birds
The Blue Lenses
The Little Photographer
The Apple Tree
Panic
The Chamois
The Alibi
Ganymede
Dont Look Now

Text copyright 1936 Jamaica Inn 1938 Rebecca 1941 Frenchmans Creek 1943 The Years Between 1946 The Kings General 1949 September Tide 1951 My Cousin Rachel 1952 The Birds The Little Photographer Blue Lenses The Apple Tree 1954 Panic 1957 The Scapegoat 1959 The Chamois The Alibi Ganymede 1969 The House on the Strand 1971 Dont Look Now

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