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First Love

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by IVAN TURGENEV translated and dramatised by JOAN O'CONNOR with Simon Cadell Rosalind Ayres John Carson and Hugh Dickson
Vladimir was only 16 when he first fell in love, but the memory of that love stayed with him all his life. He was teased, he was encouraged, and he was used with a ruthlessness which he couldn't begin to understand.
Music for guitar arranged and played by ERIC HILL JOHN FRASER (piano)
Technical presentation by DAVID GREENWOOD
Directed by JANE MORGAN

Contributors

Dramatised By:
Joan O'Connor
Unknown:
Simon Cadell
Unknown:
Rosalind Ayres
Unknown:
John Carson
Unknown:
Hugh Dickson
Played By:
Eric Hill
Piano:
John Fraser
Presentation By:
David Greenwood
Directed By:
Jane Morgan
Vladimir Voldemar:
Simon Cadell
Maria Voldemar:
Penelope Lee
Piotr Voldemar:
Hugh Dickson
Fyodor:
Alan Mason
Vonifaty:
John Boit
Princess Zasyekina:
Antonia Pemberton
Zinaida:
Rosalind Ayres
Bielovzorov:
Brian Carroll
Philipp:
William Nighy
Count Malievsky:
Michael Cochrane
Dr Lushin:
John Carson
Captain Nirmatsky:
Michael McStay
Maidanov:
Philip Sully
Source: Radio Times

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