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4. Hors de Combat

Episode 4 of 6

Frantic after the death of Louis XV, Beaumarchais finds himself distracted by a milkmaid. Stars Henry Goodman. From 1996.

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.

30 minutes

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