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The Way We Live Now

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by ANTHONY TROLLOPE dramatised in eight parts by DAVID SPENSER
6: It is the day of the dinner being given by Augustus Melmotte in honour of the Emperor of China. Horrid rumours have swept through the City, linking the great financier's name with such unpleasant words as 'swindler' and 'fraud'. Many of those invited have to decide whether to go or stay away.
Narrator ALAN DUDLEY
Directed by GRAHAM GAULD. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
David Spenser
Unknown:
Augustus Melmotte
Narrator:
Alan Dudley
Directed By:
Graham Gauld.
Lady Carbury:
Rosalind Shanks
Sir Felix:
Stephen Rashbrook
Hetta Carbury:
Debby Cumming
Melmotte:
David March
Madame Melmotte:
Diana Olsson
Marie Melmotte:
Emily Richard
Mr Longstaffe:
John Westbrook
Lady Pomona Longstaffe:
Joan Matheson
Adolphus Longstaffe:
Steve Hodson
Sophia Longstaffe:
Zelah Clarke
Georgiana Longstaffe:
Caroline Gruber
Paul Montague:
John Levitt
Lord Nidderdale:
Andrew Branch
Lord Alfred Grendall:
Michael Deacon
Miles Grendall:
Richard Pearce
Lord Grasslough:
John Baddeley
Mr Alf:
Peter Craze
Mr Broune:
John Samson
Sir Damask Monogram:
Norman Bird
Lady Monogram:
Liza Flanagan
Croll:
Jonathan Scott
Speaker of the House:
Edmund Dehn
Beauchamp Beauclerk:
William Simons
Source: Radio Times

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