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Women of Genius are Rare

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"The Curie Laboratory in which radium was discovered was a cross between a stable and a potato cellar and if I had not seen the work-table with the chemical apparatus, I would have thought it a practical joke." (WILHELM OSTWALD)
Robert Reid introduces an adaptation of his biography Marie Curie with Sheila Allen as Marie Curie, Martin Jarvis as Pierre Curie and Paul Daneman as narrator with the voices of GARARD GREEN, PATRICK BARR, CLIFFORD NORGATE, IRENE SUTCLIFFE, NICOLETTE MCKENZIE and PETER CRAZE
Script by ROBERT REID and GEOFFREY M. MATTHEWS Producer ROSEMARY HART
(Sheila Allen is a member of the RSC; Martin Jarvis broadcasts by permission of the Chichester Festival Theatre)

Contributors

Introduces:
Robert Reid
Unknown:
Marie Curie
Unknown:
Sheila Allen
Unknown:
Marie Curie
Unknown:
Martin Jarvis
Unknown:
Pierre Curie
Unknown:
Paul Daneman
Unknown:
Patrick Barr
Unknown:
Clifford Norgate
Unknown:
Irene Sutcliffe
Unknown:
Micolette McKenzie
Script:
Robert Reid
Script:
Geoffrey M. Matthews
Producer:
Rosemary Hart
Source: Radio Times

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