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Louis D'Ascoyne Mazzini plots to become a duke.

But what to do with his rivals in the line of succession?

A radio version of the Ealing Studios 1949 film, Kind Heart and Coronets.

Adapted by Gilbert Travers Thomas from the screenplay by Robert Hamer and John Dighton.

Kind Heart and Coronets was based on the 1907 novel, Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal by Roy Horniman.

Louis D'Ascoyne Mazzini .... Dennis Price
Henry D'Ascoyne .... Fraser Kerr
Mr Elliott Mazzini .... Gordon Faith
Warder .... Leonard Woodrow
Prison Governor .... John Boxer
Mr Perkins / Captain .... Alan Haines
Lord Ascoyne D'Ascoyne .... Edward Chapman
Mrs Mazzini / Lady Redpole .... Eva Stuart
Sibella .... Jane Wenham
Lady Agatha D'Ascoyne .... Margaret Wolfit
Edith D'Ascoyne .... Diana Olsson
Crown Counsel .... Noel Howlett
Lionel Holland .... Gordon Gardner
Charles Ascoyne D'Ascoyne .... Nigel Graham
Priscilla .... Rosalind Shanks
Boatman .... Timothy Harley
General Lord Rufus D'Ascoyne .... Hamlyn Benson
The Rev Lord Henry D'Ascoyne .... Wilfrid Carter
Ethelred, Duke of Chalfont .... David March
Admiral Lord Horatio D'Ascoyne .... Hector Ross
Hoskins .... Kenneth McClellan

Producer: David H Godfrey

First broadcast on the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Home Service in April 1965.

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‘Kind Heart and Coronets’ is part of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra's Hidden Treasures collection, selected from titles returned to the ´óÏó´«Ã½ by various collectors.

Our warm thanks go to our friends at the Radio Circle.

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