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Beautiful for Ever

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

by Ian Linton
In the months of August and September 1868 a very remarkable case was tried at the Old Bailey. It concerned Sarah Rachel Leverson - known to the world as Madame Rachel. A purveyor of diverse varieties of cosmetics. enamels, face powders and rouges, she proclaimed that she had the power of making women Beautiful for Ever. Narrator MICHAEL MCCLAIN
Directed by VANESSA WHITBURN
BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Rachel Leverson
Unknown:
Madame Rachel.
Narrator:
Michael McClain
Directed By:
Vanessa Whitburn
Madame Rachel:
Joyce Redman
Mary Borradaile:
Patricia Gallimore
Sgt Ballantine:
Terry Mollot
Mr Digby Seymour:
William Gaultt
Mr Montague Williams:
David Buck
Mr Straight:
Hugh Ross
Recorder:
Stephen Hancock
Clerk:
Tim Brierley
Foreman of the Jury:
Jack Holloway
Lord Ranelagh:
David Vann
Mr Haynes:
Michael Spice
Miss Leverson:
Hedli Niklaus
Sarah Sutton/Sabina Pilley:
Kathryn Hurlbutt
Source: Radio Times

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