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En Voyage: Poste Restante

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A programme for those interested in brushing up their French
Cast in order of speaking: [see below]

Peter and Helen Lamb are back in Marseilles and 'have returned their hired car. Before leaving by train for Paris they call at the Post Office to ask whether there are any letters for them.

Je viens d'apprendre, I have just learned; renconitrer, to meet; compter, to expect to, cour (on); remettre, to postpone; le destinataire, addressee; en majuscules, in capital letters; un arrondissement, district (in Paris); la banlieue, suburbs; recrire, to rewrite; le siecle, century; la bouillabaisse, Provencal fish-soup; le poulpe, octopus; ]a langouste, lobster; l'ail, garlic.

Contributors

Script:
Emile Harven
Script:
M.J. MacDonald
Peter Lamb:
Richard Hurndall
Man at Post Office counter:
Jean Driant
Helen Lamb:
Dorothy Smith
Girl at Post Office counter:
Cecile Chevreau
Hermes:
Peter Carr-Forster
Gaatonv restaurant proprietor:
Jacques Brunius

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