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Easy Money by ALEXANDER OSTROVSKY translated and adapted for radio by PETER TEGEL
Vassilkov arrives in Moscow, an industrious man who believes in ' hard work, honesty and living within one's means'. He falls in love with Lydia, the reigning beauty of an aristocratic circle carelessly living on credit that is rapidly running out.
When Lydia's economic plight forces her to marry Vassilkov, she believes no will supply her with all the money she could wish for, but she has much to learn about - and from - her ' husband of convenience
Moscow: The 1860s MARY NASH (piano)
Directed by GLYN DEARMAN (Repeated: Sun 2.30 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Alexander Ostrovsky
Unknown:
Peter Tegel
Directed By:
Glyn Dearman
Savva Vassilkov:
Clive Merrison
Lydia Cheboksarova:
Jill Lidstone
Ivan Telyatev:
Jeremy Child
Nadeshda Cheboksarova:
Gudrun Ure
Grigory Kuchumov:
Maurice Denham
Egor Glumov:
Kenneth Fortescue
Vassily:
James Bryce
Source: Radio Times

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