Kyoko Murata. Japonská rozhlasová hra z Prix Italia 1999. Dramatizace Hideo Takeuchi. Překlad Kyoko Tanaka. Rozhlasová úprava Lavinia Murray. Režie Lucy Baldwyn.
Osoby a obsazení: Ruth (Elizabeth Bell), Judith, Ruthina snacha (Helen Longworth), Martha (Marcia Warren), Christine / Sue (Marlene Sidaway), Anne (Bridget Turner), James (Philip Jackson), Thomas / Daniel, Ruthin syn (Gerard McDermott) a Joseph (Geoffrey Whitehead).
Natočeno 2002. Premiéra 22. 5. 2002 v cyklu Afternoon Play.
Pozn.: During a period of food shortage in 18th-century England, seven elderly villagers find joy as well as hardship in a hilltop retreat where tradition has forced them to seek survival.