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Visitors to the Farm

By Karen Blixen. Dramatised by Judith Adams. Karen tells Denys and Berkeley about a young visitor to her farm: a man who came, slept for one night and walked off never to return.

By Karen Blixen.
Dramatised by Judith Adams

Episode 3: Visitors to the Farm
Soon after Karen Blixen relocates to East Africa, she finds herself alone in a foreign land with the enormous responsibility of trying to operate a successful coffee plantation. In order to accomplish this, she must get to know the land and the East Africans who work for and with her. In the process, she learns more about herself.

Karen tells her beloved friends, Denys Finch-Hatton and Berkeley Cole about another, even more intriguing visitor to her farm - a young man named Emmanuelson who came, slept one night and walked away, never to return.

Karen Blixen ..... Emma Fielding
Denys Finch-Hatton ..... Tom Goodman-Hill
Berkeley ..... Sam Dale
Emmanuelson ..... Iain Batchelor
Farah ..... Maynard Eziashi

Directed by Gaynor Macfarlane.

15 minutes

Last on

Wed 27 Apr 2011 19:45

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  • Wed 27 Apr 2011 10:45
  • Wed 27 Apr 2011 19:45

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