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Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

A new series of six comic plays by Jim Poyser set in 19th-century Russia and based on the absurdist short stories by Nikolai Gogol.
1: The Two Ivans. In the sleepy Russian town of Mirgorod. next-door neighbours Ivan Ivanovich and Ivan Nikiforovich are best friends, "the like of whom the world has never seen", until one day a careless insult changes everything.
Producer Susan Roberts
Narrator Brian Cant Marfa Ann Rye Demyan Rob Pickavance Gapka Emma Clarke

Contributors

Unknown:
Jim Poyser
Stories By:
Nikolai Gogol.
Unknown:
Ivan Ivanovich
Unknown:
Ivan Nikiforovich
Narrator:
Susan Roberts
Unknown:
Marfa Ann Rye
Unknown:
Demyan Rob Pickavance
Unknown:
Gapka Emma Clarke
Ivan Ivanovitch:
Griff Rhys Jones
Ivan Nikiforovich:
Stephen Moore
Source: Radio Times

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