Three monologues by GEORGES FEYDEAU in the manner in which they were first performed - as part of an evening's after-dinner entertainment in the grand Salons of Paris at the turn of the century.
1: A Man Who Hates Monologues Performed by Richard Briers 2: The Antipodes
Performed by Eileen Atkins 3: A Matter of Economy
Performed by Stephen Murray The monologues translated and adapted for radio by PETER MEYER
The music from Saint-Saens's Septet in E flat, Op 65, for trumpet, two violins, viola, cello, double-bass and piano, played by GROUPE INSTRUMENTAL DE PARIS, and Cecile Chami nade's Valse Caprice in D flat, Op 33, played by DORIS PINES (piano): records
The programme produced and directed by GLYN DEARMAN
(An extended version of the programme first broadcast in 1976)