The Count of Monte Cristo

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Jane Lapotaire

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Toby Jones

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Josette Simon

Kate Fleetwood

Richard Johnson

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Adam Nagaitis

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Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo: 2. The Mysterious Count

2. The Mysterious Count

Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo

BBC Radio 4 - Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo, 2. The Mysterious Count

All Parisian society wants to meet the mysterious, and fabulously wealthy Count.

All Parisian society wants to meet the mysterious, and fabulously wealthy Count. Starring Iain Glen, Toby Jones and Paul Rhys.

It's 1838, and the Count has arrived in Paris. 

Baron Danglars, Gerard de Villefort and Fernand de Morcerf have no idea that Edmond Dantès, whom they betrayed in Marseilles a quarter of a century earlier, is plotting to destroy them. 

Starring Iain Glen, Toby Jones and Jane Lapotaire.

Adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, first published in 1844. 

Dramatised by Sebastian Baczkiewicz.

The Count/ Edmond Dantès   ......    Iain Glen
Haydee    ......    Jane Lapotaire
Younger Haydee    ......    Amber Rose Revah
Baron Danglars    ......    Toby Jones
Gerard de Villefort    ......    Paul Rhys
Fernand, Count de Morcerf    ......    Zubin Varla
Mercedes de Morcerf    ......    Josette Simon
Heloise de Villefort    ......    Kate Fleetwood
Abbe Faria    ......    Richard Johnson
General Noirtier    ......    Karl Johnson
Hermine Danglars    ......    Stephanie Racine
Albert de Morcerf    ......    Will Howard
Jacopo    ......    Joe Sims
Max Morrell    ......    Adam Nagaitis
Valentine de Villefort    ......    Lizzy Watts
Coachman    ......    Paul Stonehouse

Music by David Tobin and Jeff Meegan.

Directors: Jeremy Mortimer / Sasha Yevtushenko

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2012.

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