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The Count of Monte Cristo
Marseilles, 1815. Nineteen-year-old seaman Edmond Dantès is engaged to the beautiful Mercédès and about to be promoted to Captain. But his luck runs out when three acquaintances betray him, and he is condemned to fourteen years’ solitary confinement in the Chateau D'If. Escaping the notorious prison, Dantès plots his enemies’ destruction. His revenge will prove devastating…
Edmond Dantes ..... Iain Glen
Haydee ..... Jane Lapotaire
Abbe Faria ..... Richard Johnson
Monsieur Morrell / Operator ..... Robert Blythe
Danglars ..... Toby Jones
Fernand de Morcerf ..... Zubin Varla
Caderousse ..... Ben Crowe
Jacopo ..... Joe Sims
Captain Patin ..... Patrick Brennan
Albert de Morcerf / Antoine / Andrea Cavalcanti ..... Will Howard
Claude / Coachman / Bertuccio / Banker ..... Paul Stonehouse
Max Morrell ..... Adam Nagaitis
Mathilde– Liza Sadovy
Julie Morrell / Eugenie Danglars ..... Eleanor Crooks
Younger Haydee ..... Amber Rose Revah
Gerard de Villefort ..... Paul Rhys
Mercédès de Morcerf ..... Josette Simon
Heloise de Villefort ..... Kate Fleetwood
General Noirtier ..... Karl Johnson
Hermine Danglars ..... Stephanie Racine
Valentine de Villefort ..... Lizzy Watts
Madame Lascelles / Actor ..... Sarah Thom
Edourd de Villefort ..... Finn Monteath
Written by Alexandre Dumas
Adapted by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Produced and directed by Jeremy Mortimer and Sasha Yevtushenko
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2012