Songbird
Serafina reluctantly helps Suora Zuana in the dispensary, but by night her heart exults to the sound of a man's voice singing outside the convent walls.
Dramatisation of the novel by Sarah Dunant, set in a convent in Renaissance Italy, where a young woman has been placed against her will.
Serafina reluctantly helps Suora Zuana in the dispensary, but by night her heart exults to the sound of a man's voice singing outside the convent walls.
Abbess ...... Eileen Atkins
Zuana ...... Geraldine James
Serafina ...... Natalie Dormer
Umiliana ...... Sian Thomas
Appolonia ...... Hannah Waddingham
Dramtised by Rachel Joyce.
The music has been specially recorded by Musica Secreta, available on the CD Sacred Hearts, Secret Music.
A Pacificus production for 麻豆社 Radio 4.
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Tue 30 Jun 2009 19:45麻豆社 Radio 4- Tue 25 Mar 2014 14:00麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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