The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence
Dramatized by James W. Nichol.
Produced by James Ray.
Starring Barbara Chilcott as Hagar.
3 cassettes by Goose Lane editions.
A nice adaptation with many flashbacks, strong acting with right-sounding voices and characterizations. Complimented throughout by realistic sound effects and original atmospheric music. 2 thumbs up for this one. A must for Laurence and all Stone Angel fans.
(left: final resting place of Laurence and her family, Neepawa, Manitoba cemetery near a river; right: the Stone Angel monument); we’ve been there a couple of times and visited her 2 houses, too)
(left; NFB did a memorable VHS which includes her taking on critics of her controversial novel The Diviners; right: her grandfather “MacLeod’s” house in A Bird in the House/the “big house”, now a museum; the smaller “Simpson” house can be seen from another street still)
