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World Theatre Henry IV

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

by Luigi Pirandello, translated by Frederick May, and adapted for radio by Martin Jenkins
With Alec McCowen as Henry IV

A madman is shut up in a villa in Italy following an accident at a carnival. Twenty years later his friends' come to visit him. Is he still mad, or is he sane? What is madness? What is sanity?
(Madness - or sanity?: page 12)

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Contributors

Author:
Luigi Pirandello
Translated by:
Frederick May
Adapted for radio by/Producer:
Martin Jenkins
Henry IV:
Alec McCowen
Baron Tito Belcredi:
George Baker
Dr Genoni:
Maurice Denham
Marchioness Matilda Spina:
Pauline Letts
Landolph:
Martin Jarvis
Ordulph:
Henry Knowles
Marquis Charles di Nolli:
Sean Arnold
Frida, his fiancee:
Janet Chappell
Berthold:
David Spenser
Harold:
Nigel Lambert
John, the old manservant:
James Thomason
The two servants:
Harvey Edwards
The two servants:
Andrew Sachs
Source: Radio Times

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