Afternoon Reading - Pavilion Pieces - Youthful Folly

By Sylvestra Le Touzel Teale. The breaking of a cherished mirror, seems like an omen to Frances Hughes, fifty, and on tour at the Theatre Royal. Twenty eight years earlier, in Brighton, in love, and about to make her West End debut in a play with a cast three times her age, she had been captivated by her first visit to the Pavilion, which seemed to embody her dreams of glory and romance. Once again she is drawn to the baroque palace, and finds its fading splendour awakens old ghosts. Read by Sophie Thompson Producer/Director: Celia de Wolff A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4.