Marriage

Miniseries

Miniseries

Aristocratic Lady Juliana elopes to Scotland with handsome but penniless Henry Douglas. Edinburgh-born novelist Susan Edmonstone Ferrier [1782 - 1854] was noted for her sharp, witty accounts of Scottish life, reflecting views on the social mores of the time, and the relationship between the Scots and the English. Her comedic first novel, 'Marriage', was written in 1810 and much revised before its publication in 1818. Dramatised in three parts by Patricia Hannah. CAST: Lady Juliana .... Fiona Francis Henry Douglas .... Stuart McQuarrie Laird .... Alexander Morton Aunt Jacky .... Ann Scott-Jones Aunt Grizzy .... Rose McBain Aunt Nicky .... Eliza Langland Lady Maclaughlan .... Alison Peebles Sir Sampson .... Crawford Logan Archie Douglas .... Simon Tait Mrs Douglas .... Ali Walton Other parts played by Martha Leishman, Susie Maguire, Shonagh Price and Jenny Ryan Directed in BBC Edinburgh by Patrick Rayner. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1996.