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How will wily Beaumarchais contend with courtly crushes, rumours of war and illicit printing? Stars Henry Goodman. From 1996.

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 麻豆社 Radio 4 in November 1996.

30 minutes

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