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French Drama of the 20th Century

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The first of six plays
The Land Where the King
Is a Child (La Vilk dont le prince est un enfant) by HENRI DE MONTHERLANT translated by HENRY REED with The action takes place between the two World Wars in the Auteuil district of Paris at a Catholic boarding school. Narrator PETER BARTLETT
Directed by JOHN TYDEMAN (R)
(Peguy 'The Mystery of the Chanty of Joan of Arc ' Friday, 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Henri de Montherlant
Translated By:
Henry Reed
Narrator:
Peter Bartlett
Directed By:
John Tydeman
the Abbe de Pradis:
Hugh Burden
Andre Sevrais:
Sean Bury
Serge Souplier:
Carlo Cura
M Habert, an assistant:
Brian Hewlett
Henriet:
Gareth Johnson
Abbe Pradeau de la Halle:
Gerald Cross
Source: Radio Times

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