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Anton Chekhov - a life reflected in his own writings, the words of his family and friends and the characters who people his plays, in seven programmes. 4: A Glimpse of Hell
'Siberia! There's not even a railway! Even for a man in the best of health, 3,000 miles across
Central Asia is no joke. You'll kill yourself!'
Reader John Rowe.
With John Baddeley , John Bull , Margaret Courtenay , Michael Graham Cox , Tara Dominick , David Goudge , Marcia King , John Moffatt , Simon Treves and Geoffrey Whitehead. Director Rosemary Hart Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Anton Chekhov
Reader:
John Rowe.
Unknown:
John Baddeley
Unknown:
John Bull
Unknown:
Margaret Courtenay
Unknown:
Michael Graham Cox
Unknown:
Tara Dominick
Unknown:
David Goudge
Unknown:
Marcia King
Unknown:
John Moffatt
Unknown:
Simon Treves
Unknown:
Geoffrey Whitehead.
Director:
Rosemary Hart
Chekhov:
David Suchet
Mme Ranyevskaya:
Janet Suzman
Lopakhin:
Charles Kay
Maria Chekhov:
Anna Massey
Mikhail Chekhov:
Nicholas Farrell
Suvorin:
David King
Tolstoy:
Michael Kilgarriff

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