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Radio 4 Extra,28 Nov 1996,30 mins

4. Hors de Combat

Beaumarchais

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Frantic after the death of Louis XV, Beaumarchais finds himself distracted by a milkmaid. Starring Henry Goodman. Craig Warner's comedy set in 18th-century France. The battles of Beaumarchais who is anxious to climb the ladder of French nobility... Beaumarchais ...Henry Goodman Marie Antoinette ....Siobhan Redmond Le Comte d'Artois ....Sean Baker Louis XIV ....Alex Lowe Jacques ....Kim Wall Jules ....Christopher Scott Silas Deane ....Jason O'Mara Lord Stormont ....Denys Hawthorne. Director: Marion Nancarrow First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1996.

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