{"product_id":"the-hours-michael-cunningham-9781785299612","title":"The Hours: A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Winner of the Gold Award for Best Drama in the New York Festivals Radio Awards\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 2018***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA BBC radio adaptation of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Michael Cunningham, inspired by Virginia Woolf's \u003ci\u003eMrs Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree separate women, living in different locations and eras, are linked by their passion for Virginia Woolf's novel \u003ci\u003eMrs Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e. As they each live through a Tuesday in June, their thoughts and experiences mirror each other and become interwoven. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Richmond in 1923, Virginia Woolf struggles to write a novel whose protagonist is Mrs Dalloway. In Los Angeles in 1949, Laura ignores her chores and small son to sit in bed reading \u003ci\u003eMrs Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1990s New York, Clarissa goes to buy flowers for a party, mirroring the start of the fictional Mrs Dalloway's day. The party is in honour of her sick friend Richard, who long ago dubbed her Mrs Dalloway. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs their stories intertwine, they converge to become one, weaving together themes of storytelling, domestic tension, friendship, love, loss, parental guilt, loneliness, bisexuality and the challenges of hosting social rituals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAdapted by Sony Award-winning dramatist Frances Byrnes, this affecting dramatisation stars \u003cb\u003eFenella Woolgar\u003c\/b\u003e as Virginia Woolf, \u003cb\u003eTeresa Gallagher\u003c\/b\u003e as Laura and \u003cb\u003eRosamund Pike\u003c\/b\u003e as Clarissa. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'I am so thrilled by the BBC's production of my novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Hours, \u003c\/i\u003eand - believe me - a novelist does not thrill easily' - Michael Cunningham \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDirected by Judith Kampfner and Polly Thomas \u003cbr\u003eProduced by Judith Kampfner\u003cbr\u003eA Corporation For Independent Media production for BBC Radio 4 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuration: 2 hours approx.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Cunningham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1785299611\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781785299612\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e BBC Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/25\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e CD","brand":"Michael Cunningham","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":47965857644799,"sku":"9781785299612","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9fc13812-af48-45c1-bbab-bbe2401a655a.jpg?v=1767285319","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-hours-michael-cunningham-9781785299612","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}