Radio 4 Extra

“I keep Wishwood alive, to keep the family alive.” Wishwood is home to the Dowager Lady Monchensey, located in the north of England. One evening in late March, her family are gathering for her birthday. As she battles against death, the Dowager's tormented eldest son Harry returns after eight years... Starring Fabia Drake, Barbara Couper and Gabriel Woolf. TS Eliot’s poetic and compelling drama of sin and redemption examines a family tortured by its past. Amy, Dowager Lady Monchensey …….. Fabia Drake Agatha …….. Barbara Couper Mary …….. Dilys Hamlett Harry, Lord Monchensey …….. Gabriel Woolf Ivy …….. Mary Wimbush Violet …….. Olga Lindo The Honourable Gerald Piper …….. Edward Chapman The Honourable Charles Piper …….. John Boxer Doctor Warburton …….. James Dale Sergeant Winchell …….. Norman Scace Downing, Harry’s servant and chauffeur …….. Stephen Thorne Denman, the parlourmaid …….. Patricia Leventon Producer: Raymond Raikes First broadcast as a tribute to TS Eliot on the BBC Home Service in March 1965. *** Thomas Stearns Eliot had died in January 1965, aged 76.