John Peacock - Posters of the Moulin Rouge
SANWAL 2009
Toulouse Lautrec's characters come to life. When the Moulin Rouge cabaret opened in Montmartre, Paris in 1889, Toulouse-Lautrec was commissioned to paint a series of posters. A performer's career was made if they secured an appearance. John Peacock brings Toulouse Lautrec's poster characters to life, in four plays about those entertainers whose lives were as vivid as Lautrec's paint. 1: Yvette Guilbert One hundred years ago, when the Moulin Rouge opened in Montmarte, a performer's career was made if they secured a poster from Toulouse Lautrec. This is the first of four plays about those entertainers, whose lives were as vivid as Lautrec's paint. Yvette Guilbert ...... Julie Covington Zidler ...... Norman Jones Albine Guilbert ...... Pauline Letts Oller ...... Carlos Douglas Louise Weber ...... Frances Barber Maxine ...... Valerie Sarruf Jean Lorrain ...... John Moffatt Leon Forneau ...... Simon Treves Gabrielle ....... Sue Broomfield Driver ....... Michael Graham Cox Marie ....... Alice Arnold Lamplighter ....... John Bull 2: The Boneless Wonder Valentin is only a shadow on the poster, but what is he in real life? Valentin Renaudin ...... Stephen Thorne Celine Renaudin ...... Margaretta Scott Louise Weber ...... Frances Barber La Mome Fromage ...... Sylvestra Le Touzel Alice Goujon ...... Anna Cropper Zidler ...... Norman Jones Monsieur Goujon ...... Michael Graham Cox Theo Renaudin ...... Geoffrey Whitehead Georges Tabards ...... David Goudge Joseph Oller ...... Carlos Douglas Adele ...... Sue Broomfield Gerard ...... John Bull Michel Renaudin ...... Brian Miller Annie ...... Jo Kendall Shop Assistant ...... Marcia King Nini ...... Alice Arnold 3: La Goulue How much longer can a greedy dancer stay on the stage? Louise Weber ...... Frances Barber La Mome Fromage ...... Sylvestra Le Touzel Zidler ...... Norman Jones Annie ...... Jo Kendall Joseph Oller ...... Carlos Douglas Henri Lassin ...... Michael Graham Cox Mme Gillottes ...... Margaret Courtenay Gerard ...... John Bull Mme Grille ...... Marcia King Tremolada ...... Donald Gee Jeanne Faes ...... Maria Miles Jacques ...... Joe Dunlop Guy Benoits ...... Michael Kilgarriff Nini ...... Alice Arnold 4: Jane Avril The crazy dancer uses people, but reaps the consequences. Jane Avril ...... Angela Pleasence
Gazelle ...... Vivian Pickles
Andre Vaubert ...... Jack Galloway
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec ...... Clive Merrison
Arsene Ondet ...... David King
Charles Zidler ...... Norman Jones
Annine ...... Jo Kendall
Chairman ...... John Bull
Alain Marais ...... Brian Miller
Madeleine ...... Anne Carroll
Cleaner ...... Tara Dominic
Matron ...... Anna Cropper
Maxine ...... Valerie Sarruf
Claire Cortin ...... Alice Arnold
Gazelle (at 17) ...... Elizabeth Mansfield Music by Stephen Warbeck.
Director: Jane Morgan Four episodes: First broadcast From: Thursday 30th November 1989, 15:00 BBC Radio 4 FM First broadcast: Monday 4th April 2005, 09:00 on BBC 7
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.