Anna Of The Five Towns

Arnold Bennett

(4.8 stars; 12 reviews)

Classic Serial, Arnold Bennett - Anna of the Five Towns  Episode 1 of 2  Arnold Bennett's powerful story of love, tyranny and rebellion set against the vitality and harshness of life in the Staffordshire Potteries in the late nineteenth century, dramatised by Helen Edmundson. Brought up in the repressive tradition of Methodism by her miserly father, Anna Tellwright dreams of independence and freedom. On coming of age she learns that she is to inherit a fortune and realises that she is loved by the charismatic Henry Mynors. But with the money comes responsibility and a growing bond with one of her tenants William Price. Anna.....Charlotte Riley Tellwright.....David Schofield Young Agnes.....Emilia Harker William Price.....Michael Socha Titus Price.....James Masters Henry Mynors.....Lee Williams Beatrice/Older Agnes.....Rosina Carbone Mrs Sutton.....Olwen May  Revivalist.....Andrew Westfield Sarah Vodrey.....Jacqueline Redgwell Directed by Nadia Molinari. Classic Serial, Arnold Bennett - Anna of the Five Towns  Episode 2 of 2 Arnold Bennett's powerful story of love, tyranny and rebellion set against the vitality and harshness of life in the Staffordshire Potteries in the late nineteenth, dramatised by Helen Edmundson. Having inherited a fortune on her twenty first birthday Anna Tellwright begins to gain independence and freedom. But on her return from an eventful holiday with the Suttons and Henry Mynors her joy is marred by some shocking news about one of her tenant's Titus Price. Anna's growing concern for his son William leads her to a defiant act that threatens everything. Anna.....Charlotte Riley Tellwright.....David Schofield Young Agnes.....Emilia Harker William Price.....Michael Socha Henry Mynors.....Lee Williams Beatrice/Older Agnes.....Rosina Carbone Mrs Sutton.....Olwen May  Mr Sutton/Coroner.....Jonathan Keeble Sarah Vodrey.....Jacqueline Redgwell Directed by Nadia Molinari Anna voyages to the Isle of Man with the Suttons where Henry proposes to her. On returning home and receiving her father's blessing, the joy of her engagement is immediately marred by news that Titus Price has hanged himself. Anna feels that she and her father are culpable, despite Henry's insistence to the contrary. Anna sees Willie, who confesses that he has been involved in forgery. Anna understands his desperation and does everything in her power to protect him and his father's reputation, risking her engagement and the wrath of her father in so doing.. Omelette Arnold Bennett The Delicious Miss Dahl [BBC Two] YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJFufGa8upk

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.