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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.
2: Just the Way You Look Tonight
The Lucky Chances, illegitimate daughters of the great Shakespearean actor Sir Melchior Hazard, stomp and sing their way across Britain while the legitimate Hazard family performs the classics.
DirectorClaire Grove

Contributors

Unknown:
Angela Carter
Unknown:
Bryony Lavery.
Dora:
Marcia Warren
Nora:
Elizabeth Bell
Melchior:
Terence Edmond
Peregrine:
Jon Strickland
Lady Atalanta:
Jennie Stoller
Gorgeous George:
Ben Crowe
Source: Radio Times

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