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How will wily Beaumarchais contend with courtly crushes, rumours of war and illicit printing? 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 Louise XV:....Ronald Pickup Princess Adelaide ....Colleen Prendergast Princess Sophie:....Amanda Gordon Goezman:....Hugh Ross Madame Pompadour/Odile: ....Ann Beach Le Comte d'Artois/Duverney:....Sean Baker Beaumarchais's father:....Stephen Thorne La Blache/Dupaty:....David Bannerman Duchesse de Polignac:....Joanna Monro Director: Marion Nancarrow First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1996.
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