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The King's Favourite

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

Based on Madame de Pompadour by NANCY MITFORD adapted for radio by ALAN MELVILLE
3: The Well-Beloved with Moira Lister Edward de Souza and Alan Melville
A sequence of three programmes depicting the colourful life at the court of Louis XV, and his romantic and tempestuous relationship with Madame de Pompadour.
Producer NORMAN WRIGHT
(Edward de Souza is in ' The Philanthropist ' at the May Fair Theatre, London)

Contributors

Unknown:
Nancy Mitford
Radio By:
Alan Melville
Unknown:
Moira Lister
Unknown:
Edward de Souza
Unknown:
Madame de Pompadour.
Producer:
Norman Wright
Narrator:
Alan Melville
LOUiS XV:
Edward de Souza
Mme de Choiseul:
Kate Binchy
Mme de Pompadour:
Moira Lister
Mme de Hausset:
Cecile Chevreau
A young Widow:
Deborah Dallas
Dr Quesney:
Godfrey Kenton
Comte d'Argenson:
Geoffrey Matthews
M de Sacy:
Phillip Morant
Mme d'Estrades:
Jane Knowles
MCollin:
John Samson
Marquise de la Ferté:
Margot Boyd
The Queen:
Pauline Letts
Source: Radio Times

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