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10. Setting Sail

Baba is off to a new life in England and wants Kate to join her – but will Eugene come back? With Charlie Murphy.

Baba is going to start a new life in England and wants Kate to go with her.

However, lovelorn Kate is convinced that Eugene will return.

Edna O’Brien’s frank, funny and subversive story of friendship and growing up in rural Ireland in the 1950s - seen through the eyes of two friends.

The Country Girls Trilogy is now recognised as an iconic work of 20th-century Irish fiction.

Dramatised by Kate Hims.

Kate ..... Charlie Murphy
Eugene ..... Jonathan Forbes
Baba ..... Aoibhinn McGinnity
Joanna ..... Susan Jameson
Anna ..... Catherine Cusack
The Body ..... Jonny Holden
Landlord ..... Paul Hickey
Passenger ..... Shaun Mason
Steward ..... Chris Pavlo

Directors: Sally Avens & Jessica Dromgoole

First broadcast on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 in October 2019..

14 minutes

Last on

Sat 1 Jul 2023 03:15

Broadcasts

  • Fri 25 Oct 2019 10:45
  • Fri 25 Oct 2019 19:45
  • Fri 30 Jun 2023 07:15
  • Fri 30 Jun 2023 12:15
  • Fri 30 Jun 2023 17:15
  • Sat 1 Jul 2023 03:15