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Beaumarchais

5. Droit d'Auteur

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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One tap of the censor's gavel and The Marriage of Figaro would disappear forever.

It's time to hold a party...

Starring Henry Goodman.

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

Beaumarchais ....Henry Goodman
Marie Antoinette....Siobhan Redmond
Suard/Beggar....Ron Cook
Le Compe d'Artois....Sean Baker
Louis XVI ....Alex Lowe
Beaumarchai's Father ....Stephen Thorne
Le Duchesse de Polignac ....Joanna Monro
Le Duc de Fronsac ... Ioan Meredith
President Dupaty ....David Bannerman.

Director: Marion Nancarrow

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

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