BBC R4 - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

BBC R4 - Anita Loos' 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'

Adapted by Jeremy Front

Directed by Traci Neal

Broadcast November 9 & 16, 1995

Coded from tape at 128/44.1



1925. Jazz age. A smart young woman on the make.



Pretend ingénue Lorelei fares far on fair hair.



Drawn from the novel rather than the film.



Cast

Lorelei - Anne Marie Zola

Dorothy - Rebecca Front

Henry - Jamie Glover

Gerry - David Collings

Mother - Rosemary Leach

Anne - Patience Tomlinson

Gus Eisman - Ed Bishop

Major Falcon - Maurice Denham

Prince Of Wales - Toby Longworth

Montrose - Toby Longworth

Lulu - Vivienne Rochester

Lady Beatman - Jilly Bond

Lady Shelton - Jilly Bond

The Countess - Irene Sutcliffe

Robert - Andre Moran

Louis - Nicholas Bolton

Dr Freud - Daniel Strauss

Leon - John Hartley

Bartlett - Henry Goodman

Lord Cucksly - Andrew Branch

Steward - Paul Jenkins

Ginsberg - John Boothal

Mrs Weakes - Joannna David

Piggy - Michael Cochrane

Ruby - Beth Porter