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Henry IV

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

by Luigi Pirandello, translated by Frederick May and adapted for radio by Martin Jenkins
Alec McCowan as Henry IV
A madman is shut up in a villa in Italy following an accident at a carnival. Twenty years later his ' friends ' come to visit him. Is he still mad?
(First broadcast in 1970)

Contributors

Author:
Luigi Pirandello
Translated by:
Frederick May
Adapted for radio by/Director:
Martin Jenkins
Henry IV:
Alec McCowan
Tito Belcredi:
George Baker
Doctor Genoni:
Maurice Denham
Matilda Spina:
Pauline Letts
Landolph:
Martin Jarvis
Ordulph:
Henry Knowles
Charles di Nolli:
Sean Arnold
Frida, his fiancee:
Janet Chappell
Berthold:
David Spenser
Harold:
Nigel Lambert
John:
James Thomason
The two servants:
Harvey Edwards
The two servants:
Andrew Sachs
Source: Radio Times

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