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Listen to The Old Nurse’s Story

Posted
14th May 2020
in blog, Events, Literature, Volunteering

Listen to a dramatized reading recorded live from the Drawing Room at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House on Sunday 2 February 2020.

Organised, read and performed by Elizabeth Gaskell’s House volunteers:

Scripted and directed by Diane Duffy
Diana Ashcroft – Miss Grace Furnival
Chris Bamber – James and the Shepherd
Jane Baxter – Miss Maud Furnival
Anthony Burton – Gentleman and Lord Furnival
Louanne Collins – Mrs Stark
Diane Duffy – Old Nurse narrator
Lizzie Gent – Hesther
Jennifer Marin – Dorothy
Rana Roffifah – Rosamund

Sound effects and music:
Lesley Burn – cries, wails and screams! And stage management
Diane Bamber – sound effects
Robert Nicholls – piano and organ music

There will be another performance on Halloween, Saturday 31 October at 7.30pm.

The guides brought the home alive. It was inspiring to hear about this woman and extraordinary family

Visitor to the House in 2021