Peyton Place

Here is a stream of Peyton Place I captured off of internet radio awhile back. Not sure of the date. Peyton Place was a 1956 novel by Grace Metalious. Selling sixty thousand copies within the first ten days of its release, it was publishing's second "blockbuster," (following Gone with the Wind in 1936) and remained on the New York Times best seller list for fifty-nine weeks. The main plot follows the lives of three women - lonely and repressed Constance MacKenzie, her illegitimate daughter Allison, and her employee Selena Cross, a girl from "across the tracks" or as it is called in the book "from the shacks" - and how they come to terms with their identity as women and sexual beings in a small New England town.

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  • Here are the notes for this broadcast.

    Peyton Place
    BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour Drama
    First broadcast from 20020826 to 20020906.
    10 episodes


    April De Angelis's dramatisation of the 1950s bestseller by Grace Metalious set in prewar New England.

    01 20020826 The arrival of a new headmaster causes a stir in the Mackenzie household.
    02 20020827 Allison finds out the shocking truth about Selena's domestic life.
    03 20020828 The money Selena has saved for her dress for the dance has gone missing.
    04 20020829 While Allison is at the school dance, her mother Constance is at the Lakeside with the new headmaster.
    05 20020830 Selena presents Dr Swain with the most difficult decision of his professional life.
    06 20020902 With her husband run out of town, Nellie Cross descends into madness.
    07 20020903 Constance finally reveals the secret she has been guarding and Allison makes a terrible discovery.
    08 20020904 Allison is in shock after Nellie's suicide.
    09 20020905 Lucas Cross comes back to town.
    10 20020906 Doc Swain's evidence at Selena's trial reveals some shocking secrets.

    Cast

    Allison Narrator - Claire Bloom
    Young Allison - Lisa Renee
    Mother Constance - Maxine Howe
    Dr. Swain - Peter Rinker [sp?]
    Tom Makris - Domitrios Goritzus [sp?]
    Selenda - Polly Lee
    Lucas Cross - John Sharian
    Nellie Cross - Katherine Atkin
    Joey - Matthew Caine
    Norman Page - Bruce Godfree
    Chorus of Old Men - Ed Bishop, Sean Hagerty, Garrick Hagon

    Produced in Bristol by Sarah Davies
  • Robert, thank you. katy
    • I just listen to this, had forgot about having it until ran across it recently. It is great and outstanding actors.
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