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Biography: Beethoven

on BBC Two England

by Ian Curteis
Starring Michael Jayston as Beethoven, Judy Parfitt as Josephine Deym, Edward Hardwicke as Franz von Brunswick
with Charles Leno as Haydn, John Loder as General Kugelgen

Beethoven between 22 and 35 learning to live with deafness, disillusionment, and genius.

(Edward Hardwicke is a National Theatre player)

Contributors

Writer:
Ian Curteis
Pianist/Music Adviser:
John Burrows
Make-up:
Penny Bell
Costumes:
Ian Adley
Lighting:
Dave Sydenham
Designer:
Peter Seddon
Producer:
Mark Shivas
Director:
Mark Cullingham
Beethoven:
Michael Jayston
Josephine Deym:
Judy Parfitt
Franz von Brunswick:
Edward Hardwicke
Haydn:
Charles Leno
General Kugelgen:
John Loder
First doctor:
Charles Workman
Bettina von Breitkopf:
Georgine Anderson
Friedrich von Breitkopf:
Roland Pickering
Anton von Breitkopf:
Neil Wilson
Schneller:
Kenneth Benda
Customs officer:
Alan Adams
Christine Unger-Sabatier:
Sheila Ruskin
Maria Lichnowsky:
Rowena Cooper
Prince Lichnowsky:
David Garth
Countess Werdenberg:
Janet Burnell
Hoffman:
Keith Marsh
Steffan Deym:
Gary Burfield
Anna Deym:
Sarah Frampton
Countryman:
Richard Vanstone
Second doctor:
Derek Pollitt
Kistner:
Rufus Frampton

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