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Saturday-Night Theatre: Anastasia

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by Marcelle Maurette translated by Guy Bolton adapted for radio by John Scotney
In Berlin 15 years after the Bolshevik revolution and the massacre of the Imperial family at Ekaterinburg, a group of Russian exiles think they have found a way to claim the fortune held in the name of the late Tsar Nicholas II. They have to prove that the Grand Duchess Anastasia, the youngest daughter of the Tsar, is still alive.
(Repeated: Mon 3.2 pm)

Contributors

Author:
Marcelle Maurette
Translator:
Guy Bolton
Adapted for radio by:
John Scotney
Director:
Graham Gauld
the Empress Marie:
Wendy Hiller
Anna Broun:
Rosalind Shanks
Prince Bounine:
Alan Wheatley
Petrovsky:
Anthony Daniels
Chernov:
Lockwood West
Prince Paul:
Sean Barrett
Dr Ivinitz:
Ronald Baddiley
Dr Syrensky:
Stuart Organ
Baroness Livenbaum:
Madi Hedd
Charwoman:
Jean Trend
Sleigh-drlver:
Hugh Dickson
Sergei:
Stephen Thorne
Source: Radio Times

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