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THE GAY LOTHARIO and MRS. GRUNDY

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Enduring names from two forgotten plays adapted for radio by RAYMOND RAIKES
The Gay Lothario in The Fair Penitent by Nicholas Rowe (1703)
Dramatis personae:
Men:
Scene: Sciolto's palace and garden, with some part of the street near it, in Genoa. 1703.

Contributors

Unknown:
Raymond Raikes
Unknown:
Nicholas Rowe
Sciolto, a nobleman of Genoa. father to Calista:
Norman Shelley
Altamont, a young lord in love with Calista and designed her husband by Sciolto:
Gabriel Woolf
Horatio, his friend .:
Victor Lucas
Lothario, enemy to Altamont:
John Justin
Rossano his friend:
Denis McCarthy
Women Calista daughter to Sciolto:
Barbara Mitchell
Lavinia, sister to Altamont and wife to Horatio:
Marjorie Westbury
Lucilla, confident to Calista:
Gudrun Urb
Source: Radio Times

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