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Afternoon Theatre: Anna Karenina: Part 1

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by Leo Tolstoy, dramatised for radio in two parts by Liane Aukin, based on the translation by Rosemary Edmonds
with Sarah Badel, Anthony Newlands, John Rowe
Russia in the 1870s, when a woman had to accept her role as wife and mother or be socially ostracised. Anna could not....
(Part 2: next Sunday)

Contributors

Author:
Leo Tolstoy
Dramatised by:
Liane Aukin
Translation:
Rosemary Edmonds
Special Effects:
Mary Barrett.
Special Effects:
Carol McShane
Special Effects:
BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Technical Presentation:
Gordon Bowen
Producer/Director:
Kay Patrick
Anna:
Sarah Badel
Karenin:
Anthony Newlands
Vronsky:
John Rowe
Levin:
Sean Arnold
Oblohsky:
Neville Jason
Dolly:
Sheila Grant
Kitty:
Joanna Wake
Matvey:
Martin Friend
Yashvin:
David Sinclair
Princess Shcherbatsky:
Iris Mitchell
Serpuhovskoy:
John Bull
Countess Nordston:
Elizabeth Morgan
Countess Vronsky:
Eva Stuart
Korsunsky:
Rolf Lefebvre
Princess Betsy:
Norma Ronald
Guest:
Carole Boyd
Princess Myagky:
Virginia Balfour
General:
Stephen Thorne
Petritsky:
Vernon Joyner
Source: Radio Times

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