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Women of Genius are Rare

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'The Curie Laboratory tn which radium was discovered was a cross between a stable and a potato cellar and if I had not seen the work-table with the chemical apparatus, I would have thought it a practical joke.' (WILHELM OSTWALD) Robert Reid introduces an adaptation of his biography Marie Curie , with Sheila Allen as Marie Curie
Martin Jarvis as Pierre Curie and Paul Daneman as narrator with the voices of GARARD GREEN. PATRICK BARR
CLIFFORD NORGATE , IRENE SUTCLIFFE NICOLETTE MCKENZIE , PETER CRAZE Script by ROBERT REID and GEOFFREY M. MATTHEWS Producer ROSEMARY HART
(Sheila Allen is a member of the RSC; Martin Jarvis broadcasts by permission of the Chichester Festival Theatre) (Revised repeat)

Contributors

Introduces:
Robert Reid
Unknown:
Marie Curie
Unknown:
Sheila Allen
Unknown:
Marie Curie
Unknown:
Martin Jarvis
Unknown:
Pierre Curie
Unknown:
Paul Daneman
Unknown:
Patrick Barr
Unknown:
Clifford Norgate
Unknown:
Irene Sutcliffe
Unknown:
Nicolette McKenzie
Script By:
Robert Reid
Script By:
Geoffrey M. Matthews
Producer:
Rosemary Hart
Unknown:
Sheila Allen
Unknown:
Martin Jarvis
Source: Radio Times

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