{"product_id":"2940169503074","title":"The Hours: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BBC radio adaptation of the 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\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdapted by Sony Award-winning dramatist Frances Byrnes, this affecting dramatisation stars Fenella Woolgar as Virginia Woolf, Teresa Gallagher as Laura and Rosamund Pike as Clarissa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I am so thrilled by the BBC's production of my novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Hours, \u003c\/i\u003eandamp;mdash;believe meamp;mdash;a novelist does not thrill easily'amp;mdash;Michael Cunningham\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eCast\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVirginia\/Kittyamp;mdash;Fenella Woolgar\u003cbr\u003eLauraamp;mdash;Gallagher\u003cbr\u003eDan\/Walteramp;mdash;Corey Johnson\u003cbr\u003eRichieamp;mdash;Jack Towbin\u003cbr\u003eClarissaamp;mdash;Rosamund Pike\u003cbr\u003eSally\/Vanessaamp;mdash;Lia Williams\u003cbr\u003eLeonard\/Louisamp;mdash;David Annen\u003cbr\u003eNellyamp;mdash;Rachel Atkins\u003cbr\u003eJuliaamp;mdash;Haley McGee\u003cbr\u003eOther voices by Sydney Beveridge and Josh Wakesberg\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDirected by Judith Kampfner and Polly Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eProduced by Judith Kampfner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Corporation For Independent Media production for BBC Radio 4\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47097993167088,"sku":"2940169503074","price":6.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169503074_p0.jpg?v=1769895691","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169503074","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}