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Voltaire's CANDIDE

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or ' The Philosophy of Optimism'
Translated into a radio version and produced by Douglas Cleverdon
Among the indirect results of the Lisbon earthquake on All Saints' Day, 1755, was Voltaire's satirical masterpiece on the philosophers who held that all was for the best in the best of worlds.
See also Saturday at 9.5 and page 6
During the interval in the performance of 'Candide' (9.15-9.26 app.):
Bameau
Music for harpsichord played by Fernando Valentl on gramophone records

Contributors

Produced By:
Douglas Cleverdon
Played By:
Fernando Valentl
Candide:
Hugh Munro
Cunegonde:
Cherry Cottrell
The Old Woman:
Flora Robson
Dr Pangloss:
Norman Shelley
Cacambo:
Roger Snowdon
The Governor of Buenos Ayres:
Alastair Duncan
The Jesuit Colonel:
Basil Jones
The Oreillon Girl:
Molly Lawson
The King of Eldorado:
Preston Lockwood
Martin:
Ernest Jay
The Abbe:
Charles E Stidwill
The Marquise:
Diana Marshall
The Man of Letters:
Laidman Browne
II Signore Pococurante:
Robert Farquharson
The Englishman:
Arthur Bush
Brother Giroflee:
Malcolm Hayes
Paquette:
Olive Gregg
The Levantine Captain:
Lan Catford
Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire:
James McKechnie

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