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Posters of the Moulin Rouge: 1: Yvette Guilbert

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by John Peacock.
With Julie Covington as Yvette.

One hundred years ago, when the Moulin Rouge opened in Montmarte, a performer's career was made if they secured a poster from Toulouse Lautrec. This is the first of four plays about those entertainers, whose lives were as vivid as Lautrec's paint.
(Stereo)
See panel, left.

Contributors

Writer:
John Peacock
Music:
Stephen Warbeck
Director:
Jane Morgan
Yvette:
Julie Covington
Albine Guilbert:
Pauline Letts
Zidler:
Norman Jones
Oller:
Carlos Douglas
Leon:
Simon Treves
Maxine:
Valerie Sarruf
Louise Weber:
Frances Barber
Jean Lorrain:
John Moffatt
[Actress]:
Alice Arnold
[Actress]:
Sue Broomfield
[Actor]:
John Bull
[Actor]:
Michael Graham Cox
Source: Radio Times

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