Marcelle Maurette Anastasia


(4.5 stars; 2 reviews)

Saturday-Night Theatre: Anastasia First broadcast: Sat 18th Dec 1982, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM By Marcelle Maurette, translated by Guy Bolton, adapted for radio by John Scotney In Berlin 15 years after the Bolshevik revolution and the massacre of the Imperial family at Ekaterinburg, a group of Russian exiles think they have found a way to claim the fortune held in the name of the late Tsar Nicholas II. They have to prove that the Grand Duchess Anastasia, the youngest daughter of the Tsar, is still alive. Director: Graham Gauld The Empress Marie: Wendy Hiller Anna Broun: Rosalind Shanks Prince Bounine: Alan Wheatley Petrovsky: Anthony Daniels Chernov: Lockwood West Prince Paul: Sean Barrett Dr Ivinitz: Ronald Baddiley Dr Syrensky: Stuart Organ Baroness Livenbaum: Madi Hedd Charwoman: Jean Trend Sleigh-drlver: Hugh Dickson Sergei: Stephen Thorne

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

Chapters

Anastasia 1:25:42

Reviews

Remarkable


(5 stars)

I was worried that this might have been the typical romanticising nonsense about the Romanovs. I needn’t have been concerned. It is a really high quality well written, superbly acted and subtle play. I highly recommend it.

Superb


(4 stars)

A really wonderful drama with an outstanding cast. Highly recommended.

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(0 stars)

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