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The Sunday Play: The Sisterhood

BBC Radio 3
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(Les femmes savantes)
Starring Benjamin Whitrow and Jean Boht.
In Ranjit Bolt's sparkling adaptation of Moliere's assault on feminism,
Henriette's engagement is threatened as her bluestocking mother Philaminte tries to marry her off to pedant Trissotin.

Contributors

Author:
null Moliere
Adapted by:
Ranjit Bolt
Director:
Peter Kavanagh
Chrysale:
Benjamin Whitrow
Belise:
Jean Boht
Henriette:
Haydn Gwynne
Philaminte:
Judy Parfitt
Armande:
Brenda Blethyn
Trissotin:
Simon Russell Beale
Clitandre:
Christopher Scott
Ariste:
James Greene
Martine:
Jane Whittenshaw
Vadius:
Nicholas Boulton
Source: Radio Times

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