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Noel Coward - Nude With Violin

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14/03/2015

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Noel Coward - Nude With Violin

Artist Paul Sorodin's hoax on the art world shocks his family, but his valet knows all.

Paris 1956: Artist Paul Sorodin dies. His hoax on the art world shocks his family, but his valet knows all. Stars  Aubrey Woods.

Paris 1956: Paul Sorodin, the world-famous artist, has just died. 

His family, gathered together for the funeral, is shocked by the discovery that during his life Sorodin had perpetrated an enormous hoax on the international art world. 

Only Sebastien, his former valet, knows all the answers ... 

Noel Coward’s comedy of manners dramatised by Peggy Wells. 

Sebastien    .....    Aubrey Woods  
Isobel Sorodin    .....    Joyce Carey 
Jane Patricia    .....    Routledge 
Cherry-May Waterton    .....    Barbara Mitchell
Anya Pavlikov    .....    Betty Huntley-Wright
Jacob Friedland    .....    Wilfrid Carter
Pamela    .....    Margaret Wolfit
Colin Allan    .....    Cuthbertson 
Clinton Preminger    .....    Junior Kerry Francis
Lauderdale    .....    Rufus Frampton 

Producer: Glyn Dearman

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1970.

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