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15 Minute Drama: Colette - Cheri

15 Minute Drama: Colette - Cheri: Episode 2

Colette - Cheri

Episode 2

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, Colette - Cheri, Episode 2

Lea has to face the harsh reality of her young lover Cheri's marriage to another woman.

Lea has to face the harsh reality of her young lover, Cheri's marriage to another woman. With Joseph Millson and Frances Barber.

Colette's tale of a love affair between a Parisian courtesan and a man half her age, set in Paris before WWI.

2/5. Lea has to face the harsh reality of her young lover Cheri's marriage to another woman.

Narrator ...... Lindsay Duncan
Cheri ...... Joseph Millson
Lea ...... Frances Barber
Madame Peloux ...... Brigit Forsyth
Old Lili ...... Judith Davis

Directed by Pauline Harris.

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Colette's tale of an affair between a courtesan and a younger man, set in Paris before WWI

Colette's tale of a love affair between a Parisian courtesan and a man half her age, set in Paris before WWI

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