And Other Stories: Katherine Mansfield: Daughters of the Late Colonel/The Garden Party/Life of Ma Parker/Her First Ball

Katie Hims' dramatisations of four stories of age and experience, beginning with Daughters of the Late Colonel, in which Jug and Con's fear of their father's disapproval continues even after he has died. In The Garden Party, Laura learns the awful gap between her class and that of a dead neighbour on the day of her mother's garden party. In Life of Ma Parker, the cleaner of a literary gentleman discovers she has absolutely nowhere to grieve when her grandson dies. In Her First Ball, Leila learns that the joy of a ball, and of being young and free, is short-lived and destined to end