A review by lnatal
Bliss and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

4.0

From BBC Radio 4 - Drama:
Katherine Mansfield’s best-loved short stories fully dramatised in two box-sets. This first instalment contains three surprising love stories.
Marriage a la Mode, where Isabel’s new friends come between her and husband William.
Something Childish and Very Natural, where Henry and Edna meet and fall in love, just as passionately as they always hoped they might.
Bliss, where Bertha’s life is dedicated to happiness, and her will for happiness folds around every experience, until this one.

Cast

Marriage a la Mode:
Hattie Morahan ..... Katherine Mansfield
Ellie Piercy ..... Isabel
Carl Prekopp ..... William
Charlotte East ..... Moira
Ian Dunnett Jr ..... Bobby
Joel MacCormack ..... Dennis
Luke Nunn ..... Vendor
Eliza Pearce ..... Paddy
Orla Pearce ..... Jonny

Something Childish but Very Natural:
Hattie Morahan ..... Katherine Mansfield
Joel MacCormack ..... Henry
Cecilia Appiah ..... Edna
Eliza Pearce ..... Moth Girl

Bliss:
Hattie Morahan ..... Katherine Mansfield
Charlotte East ..... Bertha
Luke Nunn ..... Harry
Ellie Piercy ..... Pearl
Joel MacCormack ..... Eddie
Cecilia Appiah ..... Mary
Ian Dunnett Jr ..... Mr Norman Knight

Dramatised by Katie Hims
Sound by Peter Ringrose
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000lmkp