Classic Serial - Clarissa: The History of a Young Lady - The Pursuit

Dramatisation by Hattie Naylor of the 1748 novel by Samuel Richardson. The beautiful young heiress Clarissa Harlowe is dangerously attracted by the wiles of the notorious libertine Robert Lovelace. Threatened by an imminent marriage arranged with the odious suitor her family have found for her, Lovelace persuades Clarissa to flee with him. Clarissa Harlowe ...... Zoe Waites Robert Lovelace ...... Richard Armitage James Harlowe ...... Oliver Milburn Solmes ...... Stephen Critchlow Bella Harlowe ...... Sophie Thompson Lady Harlowe ...... Alison Steadman Lord Harlowe ...... John Rowe Mrs Norton ...... Deborah Findlay Anna Howe ...... Cathy Sara Directed by Marilyn Imrie A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4.