To celebrate 200 years since the publication of Jane Austins novel Mansfield Park, BBC Radio 4 Extra will be giving their listeners a rare opportunity to listen again to the 2003 adaptation of the classic, with an all-star cast featuring David Tennant and Benedict Cumberbatch. Mansfield Park centres on Fanny Price, one of nine children born to a family in financial difficulties who is sent to be raised by her wealthy aunt and uncle. David and Benedict play brothers Tom and Edmund, sons of Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram, and cousins to Fanny. Of the two, Tom is the profligate gambler and character of ill-repute, but it is towards the gentle and kind Edmund that Fanny is drawn and with whom she forms a romantic attachment. Fanny struggles to be the social equal of her adoptive family and those in their circle, however, she is the moral centre of the story.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 15:06:26 +0000
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