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Saturday-Night Theatre: The Hanoverian Handicap

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

by John Wyke
with David March as George III, Avril Clark as Queen Charlotte and Roger Hammond as the Prince Regent

George III is old and decidedly 'odd'. The Royal Princes - all seven of them - have lustily fathered a host of children but unfortunately they're all illegitimate. So a desperate race is on to produce at least one Hanoverian heir to the throne of England.
(Stereo)
(Re-broadcast on Monday at 3.0pm)

Contributors

Writer:
John Wyke
Director:
David Johnston
George III:
David March
Queen Charlotte:
Avril Clark
The Prince Regent:
Roger Hammond
Frederick, Duke of York:
John Warner
William, Duke of Clarence:
Steve Hodson
Ernest, Duke of Cumberland:
Michael Hadley
Edward, Duke of Kent:
Colin Fisher
Princess Caroline of Brunswick:
Jean Trend
Princess Augusta:
Frances Jeater
Princess Sophia:
Elizabeth Proud
Princess Charlotte:
Anne Rosenfeld
Princess Mary of Saxe-Coburg:
Elaine Claxton
Princess Adelaide of Saxe Meiningen:
Tessa Worsley
Prince Leopold:
Jamie Roberts
Duke of Wellington:
Richard Durden
Lord Liverpool:
Eric Stovell
Lord Malmesbury:
Shaun Prendergast
Madame de St Laurent:
Pauline Letts
Signor Bergami:
David Learner
Colonel Summers:
Alan Thompson
Source: Radio Times

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