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A Bullet At Balmain's

Noel Coward Mysteries - A Bullet At Balmain's

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BBC Radio 4 Extra - Noel Coward Mysteries - A Bullet At Balmain's

A promiscuous mannequin's murder in 1948 Paris stylishly distracts Noel Coward.

A promiscuous mannequin's murder in 1948 Paris stylishly distracts Noel Coward. Stars Malcolm Sinclair and Eleanor Bron. 

Noel Coward in Post-Liberation Paris, 1948: haute couture, existentialism, jazz . . . and death. 

Coward is in Paris to play the lead in his own play 'Present Laughter' in French. 

But the murder of a promiscuous mannequin provides a stylish distraction.

Malcolm Sinclair stars as Noel Coward.

Another adventure for the celebrated playwright, actor, composer and amateur detective by Marcy Kahan. 

Noel Coward    ……    Malcolm Sinclair  
Lorn Loraine    ……    Eleanor Bron  
Cole Lesley    ……    Tam Williams  
Ginette Spanier    ……    Linda Marlowe 
Monique    ……    Susy Kane   
Beatrice    ……    Jaimi Barbakoff  
Chester Flyete    ……    Everal Walsh
Jean-Marc Delafosse    ……    William Hootkins  
Vendeuse    ……    Francis Jeater 

Director: Ned Chaillet

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2003.

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