How will wily Beaumarchais contend with courtly crushes, rumours of war and illicit printing?

Starring Henry Goodman.

Craig Warner's comedy set in 18th-century France. The battles of Beaumarchais who is anxious to climb the ladder of French nobility...

Beaumarchais:....Henry Goodman
Louise XV:....Ronald Pickup
Princess Adelaide ....Colleen Prendergast
Princess Sophie:....Amanda Gordon
Goezman:....Hugh Ross
Madame Pompadour/Odile: ....Ann Beach
Le Comte d'Artois/Duverney:....Sean Baker
Beaumarchais's father:....Stephen Thorne
La Blache/Dupaty:....David Bannerman
Duchesse de Polignac:....Joanna Monro

Director: Marion Nancarrow

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1996. Show less