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1. The Tooth

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4 Extra Debut. 1860s: Two sisters live over a thriving drapery in the Potteries. Shop assistant Sam Povey has toothache. Stars Gillian Kearney.

1860s: Sisters Sophia and Constance Baines live above a thriving drapery in the Potteries.

Starring Gillian Kearney and Katy Cavanagh.

Arnold Bennett's novel follows the lives of two very different sisters.

Shop assistant Sam Povey has toothache.

Dramatised in fifteen parts by Stephen Wyatt.

Constance .... Gillian Kearney
Sophia .... Katy Cavanagh
Narrator .... Phillip Jackson
Sam Povey .... Ian Dunn
Mr Baines .... John Rowe
Mr Critchlow .... Stephen Critchlow
Mrs Baines .... Barbara Marten

Director: Claire Grove

First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in January 2004.

15 minutes

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