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Posters of the Moulin Rouge

John Peacock - Posters of the Moulin Rouge: Episode 1: 1. Yvette Guilbert

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Episode 1: 1. Yvette Guilbert

John Peacock - Posters of the Moulin Rouge

1. Yvette Guilbert

BBC Radio 4 Extra - John Peacock - Posters of the Moulin Rouge, 1. Yvette Guilbert

The story of a singer's career at a new venue in Paris. Starring Julie Covington.

The story of a singer's career at a new venue in Paris. Toulouse Lautrec's characters come to life. Starring Julie Covington.

Singer Yvette Guilbert is drawn to a brand new venue in the capital city of France. 

Starring Julie Covington.

When the Moulin Rouge cabaret opened in Montmartre, Paris in 1889, Toulouse-Lautrec was commissioned to paint a series of posters. A performer's career was made if they secured an appearance. 

John Peacock brings Toulouse Lautrec's poster characters to life, in four plays about these entertainers, whose lives were as vivid as Lautrec's paint.

Yvette Guilbert    ......    Julie Covington 
Zidler    ......    Norman Jones 
Albine Guilbert    ......    Pauline Letts 
Oller    ......    Carlos Douglas 
Louise Weber    ......    Frances Barber 
Maxine    ......    Valerie Sarruf 
Jean Lorrain    ......    John Moffatt
Leon Forneau    ......    Simon Treves
Gabrielle    .......    Sue Broomfield
Driver    .......    Michael Graham Cox
Marie    .......    Alice Arnold 
Lamplighter    .......    John Bull 

Music by Stephen Warbeck. 

Director: Jane Morgan

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1989.

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