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Rousseau in England

on BBC Radio 3

' Of all the foreigners that ever came to England, I was the only one to cause weeping when I left.'
But the tears were not necessarily tears of sorrow. J. H. Huizinga traces Jean-Jacques Rousseau 's extraordinary stay in England between 1766 and 1767 and his turbulent relationship with the Scottish philosopher David Hume. with Michael Spice as Rousseau John Samson as Hume Robin Holmes as the Narrator and the voices of PETER CRAZE, DAVID GRAHAM EVA HADDON , GAY RORKE and JAMES THOMASON
Produced and directed by PIERS PLOWRIGHT

Contributors

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J. H. Huizinga
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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David Hume.
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Rousseau John Samson
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Hume Robin Holmes
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David Graham
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Eva Haddon
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James Thomason
Directed By:
Piers Plowright

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