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The King's Favourite: 3: The Well-Beloved

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

based on "Mme de Pompadour" by Nancy Mitford: adapted for radio by Alan Melville

[starring] Moira Lister, Edward de Souza and Alan Melville

(Moira Lister is in "Move Over Mrs Markham" at the Vaudeville Theatre: Edward de Souza in "The Philanthropist" at the May Fair Theatre, London)

Contributors

Author:
Nancy Mitford
Adapter:
Alan Melville
Producer:
Norman Wright
Narrator:
Alan Melville
Louis XV:
Edward de Souza
Mme de Choiseul:
Kate Binchy
Mme de Pompadour:
Moira Lister
Mme de Hausset:
Cecile Chevreau
A young widow:
Deborah Dallas
Dr Quesney:
Godfrey Kenton
d'Argenson:
Geoffrey Matthews
M de Sacy:
Philip Morant
Mme d'Estrades:
Jane Knowles
M Collin:
John Samson
Marquise Ferte:
Margot Boyd
The Queen:
Pauline Letts
Source: Radio Times

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