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Moderato Cantabile

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A novel by Marguerite Duras
Translated and adapted for radio by Barbara Bray
[starring] Hermione Hannen and Michael Bryant

(The recorded broadcast of Nov. 16)

"Moderato Cantabile", by the author of "The Square" (broadcast in the Third Programme earlier this year), presents a number of problems demanding some uncommon radio techniques to solve them. In atmosphere it is not unlike "The Square".
It is principally a work for only two characters, a man and a young woman who, in discussing the tragic love affair of others, reveal their own relationship to one another.

Contributors

Author:
Marguerite Duras
Translator/Adapter/Producer:
Barbara Bray
Anne Desbaresdes:
Hermione Hannen
Her son:
Jean England
Mlle Giraud:
Gladys Young
Patronne:
Vivienne Chatterton
Chauvin:
Michael Bryant
Desbaresdes:
John Cazabon
[Actress]:
June Tobin
[Actor]:
Frederick Treves
[Actor]:
Anthony Jacobs
Pianist:
Clifton Helliwell
Other parts played by:
Members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company

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