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Radio 4 Extra,25 Sep 1991,45 mins

Available for 26 days

Dermot Crowley stars as Footit. The circus clown needs a new act but it's not likely that he'll ever be a success if he carries on drinking and gambling. He comes up with an idea for an act with the dancer Chocolat. Series of plays by John Peacock based on the characters in Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's posters, from the time of Paris’s Belle Epoque. Footit …. Dermot Crowley Chocolat …. Clarence Smith Michael Donovan …. Charles Simpson Ralph …. David Bannerman Patrick Blackson …. Mark Straker Jean …. Timothy Carlton Madame Grunier …. Ann Windsor Ringmaster …. Michael Graham Cox With Ronald Herdman, Brett Usher and Andrew Wincott. Music by Stephen Warbeck. Director: Jane Morgan First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1991.

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