by Claude Crebillon 1707-77 translated and arranged by BARBARA BRAY
' I made my entry into society at the age of seventeen, with all the advantages.
' My father the Marquis de Meilcour had left me a noble name and from my mother I had expectations of considerable wealth. The idea of pleasure was the only one I had in my head ... ' with Robert Eddison
as Meilcour Catherine Lacey as Madame de Lursay
Viola Tunnard (harpsichord)
Produced by RAYNER HEPPENSTALL Second broadcast