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Frankie Addams is 12 and five-sixths years old, and desperate to belong.

Carson McCullers' coming of age tale, first published in 1946.

Starring Eliza Yoder, Matthew Givens and Jenny Jules.

Dramatised by Annie Caulfield.

Frankie Addams …… Eliza Yoder
John Henry West …… Matthew Givens
Berenice Brown …… Jenny Jules
Royal Adams …… Peter Marinker
Honey Brown …… Clive Rowe
Big Mama …… Isabel Lucas
Jarvis …… Daniel Marinker
Janice …… Teresa Gallagher
Soldier …… Michael John Paliotti
Narrator …… Lorelei King
Child …… Tyler Williams
Child …… Rebecca Tennis
Child …… Katherine Lollie

Music composed and performed by Martin Winter.

Director: Chris Wallace

First broadcast on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 in 1996