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Classic Serial: La Vie de Boheme

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A series of dramas that tell the stories behind the songs opens with this new two-part drama, a version of Henry Murger 's tales of Bohemian life in Paris in the 1840s, translated and dramatised by John Clifford.
The inspiration for Puccini's famous opera La Boheme, Murger's tales are largely autobiographical.
Music Gordon Langford. Director Jane Whitaker Repeated Friday at 2.00pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Henry Murger
Dramatised By:
John Clifford.
Music:
Gordon Langford.
Director:
Jane Whitaker
Rodolphe:
Samuel West
Mimi:
Trevyn McDowell
Colline:
Clive Merrison
Musette:
Louise Lombard
Marcel:
Jamie Glover
Uncle:
Edward de Souza
Nephew:
Ian Masters
Concierge:
Margaret John
Landlord:
David March
Cafe proprietres:
Kristin Milward
Waiter:
Peter Whitman
Source: Radio Times

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