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Episode 5

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Robert Forrest's thriller set in 10th century Japan. A wolf roams the palace, earthquake and fire threaten, and a young Empress takes the future of the known world into her hands.

Lady Shonagon and Lieutenant Yukinari return to solve a new mystery in 10th Century Japan.

Trouble abroad. Wolves in the town, forest fires, storms and earthquakes. The Emperor is sick, and his fever grows worse. A feral girl, sometimes woman sometimes wolf, roams the palace. But the Empress has taken matters into her own hands, and like a Kambai warrior will restore the Palace and her Emperor to health.

Inspired by the writings of Sei Shonagon, a poet and lady-in-waiting to the Empress of the 10th Century Japanese court.

Written by Robert Forrest.

Shonagon...Ruth Gemmell
Yukinari...Cal Macaninch
Empress...Laura Rees
Emperor...Paul Ready
Uzume...Jessica Hardwick

Directed by Lu Kemp.

A 大象传媒 Scotland Production for Radio 4.

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14 minutes

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Fri 15 Jan 2021 19:45

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Credits

Role Contributor
Shonagon Ruth Gemmell
Yukinari Cal MacAninch
Empress Laura Rees
Emperor Paul Ready
Uzume Jessica Hardwick
Writer Robert Forrest
Director Lu Kemp

Broadcasts

  • Fri 3 Oct 2014 10:45
  • Fri 15 Jan 2021 19:45