Afternoon Reading - Penelope's People

Series of three monologues performed by Penelope Keith, presenting resourceful characters responding very differently to big changes in their lives

Afternoon Reading - Penelope's People - Divorcing Grandpa

By Roy Apps. With her husband in prison for a white-collar crime, Eleanor must find new ways to pay her granddaughter's school fees. Should she break the law herself?

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Afternoon Reading - Penelope's People - Making Ends Meet

By Cathy Feeny. Lonely widow Cora has been made redundant. Cash is tight, but a chance meeting offers her a way to beat the credit crunch and get out of mounting debt.

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Afternoon Reading - Penelope's People - Pills

By Eric Pringle. Alice's life has not fulfilled its early promise, but the determination that drove her to pursue a stage career gives her the strength to face an uncertain future.

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