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Wise Children

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

Angela Carter 's comic tale about the intertwining fortunes of two theatrical families is dramatised in four parts by Bryony Lavery.
1: Welcome to the Wrong Side of the Tracks
Dora and Nora Chance are the illegimate twin daughters of the great Shakespearean actor Sir Melchior Hazard. Disowned by the Hazard family, and, by extension, the whole "legitimate" theatre to which he belongs, the sisters embark on a career as chorus girls.
Director Claire Grove

Contributors

Unknown:
Angela Carter
Unknown:
Bryony Lavery.
Unknown:
Nora Chance
Director:
Claire Grove
Dora:
Marcia Warren
Nora:
Elizabeth Bell
Melchoir:
Terence Edmond
Peregrine:
Jon Strickland
Lady Atalanta:
Jennie Stoller
Tiffany:
Janice Acquah
Tristram:
Jonathan Keeble
Source: Radio Times

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