Candida

From BBC Radio 4 Extra. Written by George Bernard Shaw; Full cast dramatisation starring Hannah Gordon, Edward Petherbridge and Christopher Guard; Directed by Ronald Mason.

The Reverend James Morell's joy in his comfortable marriage to Candida is shaken by the arrival of the young poet, Marchbanks. Both men adore her, in quite different ways and for quite different reasons, and she is attracted to them for their very different qualities. Marchbanks believes she has a choice. Morell is devastated by the idea of losing her. They both forget she is her own woman.