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The Figaro Plays

on BBC Radio 3

A trilogy by PIERRE.AUGUSTIN
CARON DE BEAUMARCHAIS
1: The Barber of Seville, or All that Troublefor Nothing A comedy in four acts translated by JOHN WELLS with music composed and conducted by CARL DAVIS
Gary Bond as Count Almaviva, a Spanish Grandee, Rosina's unknown admirer
Nickolas Grace as Figaro, a barber of Seville
Dorothy Tutin as Rosina, a young woman of noble birth, Bartholo's ward
Michael Aldridge as Bartholo, a doctor, Rosina's guardian Peter Pratt as Master Basil , an organist, Rosina's singing teacher
Michael Bilton as "The Youth', Bartholo's elderly servant John Wells as Wideawake, Bartholo's other valet, halfwitted and always half-asleep Peter Acre as a notary and Arnold Diamond as an Alcade
Directed by IAN COTTERELL (R)
8.25* Interval Music
8.30* Part 2
('One Mad Day, or The Marriage of Figaro'onNew Year's Day at 7.30pm)

Contributors

Translated By:
John Wells
Conducted By:
Carl Davis
Conducted By:
Gary Bond
Unknown:
Nickolas Grace
Unknown:
Michael Aldridge
Unknown:
Peter Pratt
Unknown:
Master Basil
Unknown:
Michael Bilton
Unknown:
John Wells
Unknown:
Peter Acre
Directed By:
Ian Cotterell

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