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Charmer Chichikov arrives in town with his Narrator in tow and starts touting for Dead Souls. Why? What one earth is he going to do with them? Suspicions come to a head at the Governor's Ball, the highlight of provincial Russian society. Nikolai Gogol's comic tour de force about human folly and one of the jewels of Russian literature. Starring Michael Palin and Mark Heap. Dramatised by Dan Reballato from the translation by Robert A. Maguire. Narrator …. Michael Palin Chichikov …. Mark Heap Manilov …. David Fleeshman Korabochka …. Judith Davis Sobakevich …. Wyllie Longmore Nozdryov …. Toby Hadoke Selifan …. Graeme Hawley Director: Polly Thomas First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006.
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