Adapted from her stage play, Nell Leyshon’s The Farm was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.
Synopsis
In a farmhouse kitchen, Rose is trying to hold things together in a changing uncertain world. Her father-in-law Edmond is in the early stages of Alzheimer’s, her husband Vic is grimly carrying on despite the slaughter of his cattle and a box of unpaid bills and Gavin, their son has just got himself a job at the local supermarket which fuels his father’s fury and resentment. The Farm is dedicated to the lost farms of Somerset.
Cast and Creatives
Rose: Rosalind March
Vic:Nick Brimble
Edmond: Robert Vahey
Gavin: William Bateman
Sue: Julie Hobbs
Directed by Susan Roberts.