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Literature Is My Mistress - Medicine, My Wife

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A seven-part series compiled by Michael Bakewell.
Anton Chekhov - a life reflected in his own writings, the words of his family and friends and the characters who people his plays.
With David Suchet.
1: When I Was a Child -
I Had No Childhood
'So little affection came my way as a child that I treat caresses as something unfamiliar and almost beyond my understanding now that I'm grown up.'
with John Baddeley , Victoria Carling , John Gabriel , Charles Kay , Marcia King ,
Henry Power , Simon Treves and Geoffrey Whitehead. Director Rosemary Hart. Stereo
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Contributors

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Michael Bakewell.
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Anton Chekhov
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David Suchet.
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John Baddeley
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Victoria Carling
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John Gabriel
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Charles Kay
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Marcia King
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Henry Power
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Simon Treves
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Geoffrey Whitehead.
Director:
Rosemary Hart.
Chekhov:
David Suchet
Maria Chekhov:
Anna Massey
Pavel Chekhov:
Maurice Denham
Mikhail Chekhov:
Nicholas Farrell
Alexander Chekhov:
David Goudge
Yevgenia Chekhov:
Jo Kendall
Trigorin:
John Rowe
Mme Ranyevskaya:
Janet Suzman

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