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Robert Adams in ' CHRISTOPHE '

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by James Forsyth
' Produced by John Gibson
(The recorded broadcast of March 3)
This is the story of the Black King of Haiti, Henry Christophe, and the mixed band of his courtiers. Once a slave, he rose to power in the insurrection against the French, was crowned in 1812, and came to a violent end eight years later.

Contributors

Unknown:
James Forsyth
Produced By:
John Gibson
Henry Christophe, Black King of Haiti:
Robert Adams
Marie Louise, his wife:
Pauline Henriques
His two daughters: Amethyste:
Sylvia Wynter
His two daughters: Athenaire:
Nadia Cattouse
Jacques Victor, his youngest son:
Nicky Edmett
Pompee. Baron de Vastey, Personal Aide to Christophe:
Andrew Salkey
Baron Dupuy, secretary to Christophe:
Earl Cameron
Doctor Duncan Stewart, Christophe's Scots physician:
Duncan McLntyre
General Noel, brother of Marie Louise:
Don Johnson
Drum-Major Manners, attached to the Household Troops as ' drill sergeant:
Haydn Jones
Richard, Due de Marmelade, Governor of Cape Henry:
Neville Crabbe
Montorsier, mulatto agent of the French:
Robert Sansom
' Uncle Bouqui,' drummer-ex-slave, friend of Christophe:
John Harrison
A stevedore:
Gordon Woolford
Source: Radio Times

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