A landmark collection of BBC Radio productions of the works of Katherine Mansfield - plus two bonus dramas.

One of the great Modernist authors, Katherine Mansfield was a short story virtuoso, redefining the genre with her subtle, powerfully perceptive tales. A prolific writer, she penned over 60 stories and several poetry collections before her tragic death from tuberculosis in 1923, aged only 34.

This collection opens with seven plays from Radio 4's 2020 series And Other Stories: Katherine Mansfield. It features dramatisations of 'Marriage a la Mode', 'Something Childish But Very Natural', 'Bliss', 'Daughters of the Late Colonel', 'The Garden Party', 'Ma Parker' and 'Her First Ball', all starring Hattie Morahan, supported by casts including Charlotte East, Luke Nunn, Ellie Piercy, Joel MacCormack and Cecilia Appiah.

There are readings of 'The Stranger', 'Miss Brill', 'A Cup of Tea', Poison' and 'The Doll's House', by Hugh Bonneville, Barbara Flynn, Hattie Morahan and Blake Ritson.

Also included are some of her lesser-known tales: 'Mr Reginald Peacock's Day' (read by Brian Gear), 'Sun and Moon' (read by Lin Sagovsky, and 'Honeymoon' (read by Emilia Fox).

Finally, two original dramas explore moments in the life of the great author. Cherie Rogers' An Oddly Complete Understanding looks at Mansfield's friendship with Virginia Woolf and stars Rosalind Shanks and Penelope Wilton. Katie Hims' Luxembourg Gardens re-imagines Katherine Mansfield's last day in Paris and stars Hattie Morahan.



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