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Drama Now: A Suburban Suicide

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

with Miriam Margolyes as Eleanor Marx and John
Shrapnel as Edward Aveling. A new play by acclaimed writers John
Arden and Margaretta D'Arcy. Karl Marx 's youngest daughter Eleanor took her own life in 1898. Why?
Director Ronald Mason

Contributors

Unknown:
Miriam Margolyes
Unknown:
Eleanor Marx
Unknown:
Edward Aveling.
Unknown:
Margaretta D'Arcy.
Unknown:
Karl Marx
Director:
Ronald Mason
Freddy:
Ron Cook
Frederick Engels:
Clive Merrison
Karl Marx:
Michael Wolf
Lenchen:
Angela Pleasence
Mrs Marx:
Elizabeth Proud
Thome:
Michael Tudor-Barnes
Olive/Gertrude:
Susannah Corbett
Louisa:
Natasha Pyne
Prefect of Police:
Neville Jason
Librarian:
George Parsons
Violinist:
Alexander Balanescu
Boron player:
Elaine Claxton
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

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