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Episode 3

As gossip and scandal intensify, Lizzie is driven to increasingly desperate behaviour to retain her jewels. Stars Pippa Nixon.

Rose Tremain's dramatisation of Anthony Trollope's The Eustace Diamonds stars Pippa Nixon as the beautiful Lizzie Eustace, fighting to retain possession of her magnificent diamond necklace, which she claims was left to her as a gift by her late husband Florian.

Her immediate relatives, spurred on by the intransigent family lawyer, Camperdown, argue that the diamonds are an heirloom and on no account can be retained by her. The dispute colours all Lizzie's subsequent relationships - with her cousin Frank, her new lover Lord Fawn, and her admirer Lord George. As gossip and scandal intensify, Lizzie is driven to increasingly desperate behaviour in an attempt to retain her jewels.

Harpist: Cecilia De Maria
Cellist: Alison Baldwin

Original Music: Lucinda Mason Brown
Produced and Directed by Gordon House
A Goldhawk Essential production for 成人论坛 Radio 4.

58 minutes

Last on

Thu 5 Jan 2017 03:00

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Credits

Role Contributor
Lizzie Pippa Nixon
Crabstick Alison Pettitt
Frank Joseph Kloska
Lord George Adrian Scarborough
Mrs Carbuncle Lorelei King
Lady Linethgow Richenda Carey
Lucinda Lydia Leonard
Lady Fawn Stella Gonet
Lucy Amy Morgan
Lord Fawn Jamie Glover
Florian Nicholas Boulton
Sir Gryffen Nicholas Boulton
Harter Sam Kelly
Benjamin Stephen Critchlow
Major Mackintosh Stephen Critchlow
Camperdown Malcolm Sinclair
Augusta Laura Hanna
Lydia Ellie Butters
Nina Ella Dale
Writer Rose Tremain
Director Gordon House
Producer Gordon House

Broadcasts

  • Sun 6 Jan 2013 15:00
  • Sat 12 Jan 2013 21:00
  • Wed 4 Jan 2017 10:00
  • Wed 4 Jan 2017 15:00
  • Thu 5 Jan 2017 03:00

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