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Classic Serial: My Last Duchess

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By Robert Browning , dramatised in one episode by Martyn Wade. During a trip to Italy in 1838 Robert Browning visited Ferrara, home of the Dukes of Este. Inspired by afresco portrait he saw there, and what he learned of the Este family, he wrote this poetic masterpiece. The duke'sfirstwife, whose portrait is described so vividly in the poem, died very young, and in suspicious circumstances, in the year 1561. This dramatisation examines the mystery posed by the poem.... just what did happen to the duchess, and who did the deed?
Director Marilyn Imrie

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Browning
Unknown:
Martyn Wade.
Unknown:
Robert Browning
Director:
Marilyn Imrie
The Duke:
Roger Allam
The Duchess:
Emily Mortimer
Pandolfi:
Tim McLnnery
Fabriano:
Robert Hands
Madruz:
John Hartley
Musician:
Jacob Herlngman
Source: Radio Times

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