David Nathan The Bohemians

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Saturday-Night Theatre: The Bohemians Sat 20th Sep 1986, 19:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM By David Nathan, based on Henri Murger's "Scenes de la vie de boheme" Bohemia is a district of Paris bordered on the north by cold, on the west by hunger, on the south by love and on the east by hope. It is a stage in artistic life, a prologue to the Academy, the hospital or the morgue. Murger's book inspired the two operas of Puccini and Leoncavallo entitled La boheme. Music by David Timson (piano) With Gustave Clarkson (Viola) Michael Hirst (flute) Director: Ian Cotterell Rudolf: Clive Francis Schaunard: David Timson Durand: John Webb Mouton: Clive Panto Musette: Tina Marian Marcel: Christopher Scoular Bernard: Timothy Bateson Colline: Christopher Good   Waiter: Richard Huw Phemie: Polly James Benoit: Kerry Francis Mimi: Miriam Margolyes Maurice: Giles Cole Mariette: Carole Boyd Juliet: Fiona Walker

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.