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Classic Serial: The Charterhouse of Parma

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

By Stendhal. Dramatised in two episodes by Felicity Hayes-McCoy.

Four characters' search for happiness in post-Napoleonic Italy.
1: As Fabrice hides from his father's spies in the belfry of Fr Blanes , he tells the story of his adventures at the Battle of Waterloo.
Marquise Marcella Riordan
Original music composed by Sian Burns Director Lawrence Jackson Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Felicity Hayes-McCoy
Unknown:
Fr Blanes
Unknown:
Marcella Riordan
Composed By:
Sian Burns
Composed By:
Lawrence Jackson
Gina:
Helen McCrory
Mosca:
Ciaran Hinds
Fabrice:
Andrew Scott
Blanes:
Richard Griffiths
Clelia:
Emilia Fox
Giletti:
James Ellis
Gaoler's Wife/Marietta:
Anne-Marie Duff
Margot:
Sheila Mitchell
Mosca's Spy:
Paul Chahidi
Gaoler/Sergeant:
Roger May
Lady Gossip:
Shuna Snow
Source: Radio Times

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