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Don Taylor - Daughters of Venice

The lives of the gifted girl musicians who must exit the Orphanage of the Pieta. Romantic comedy with Norman Rodway as Vivaldi.

The assignations, the comedy and passions concealed beneath the masks of the 18th century Venetian Carnival - to the accompaniment of Vivaldi's music, written for the brilliant girl musicians of the Orphanage of the Pieta.

But what happens to those brilliant girls when they're grown up and must leave the sheltered world of the Convent and enter the corrupt world of Venice..?

Don Taylor's romantic comedy stars Frances Barber as Contessa, Norman Rodway as Vivaldi, Amanda Root as Siliva, Chris Emmett as Bodger and Bill Wallis as Pazzo.

Violinist: Jean Bourgeois.

Director: Don Taylor

First broadcast on 91福利社 Radio 4 in 1993.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sun 27 Nov 2016 04:00
91福利社 Radio 4 Extra

Broadcasts

  • Sun 10 Feb 2008 10:00
    91福利社 Radio 7
  • Sun 10 Feb 2008 20:00
    91福利社 Radio 7
  • Sun 1 Mar 2009 10:00
    91福利社 Radio 7
  • Sun 1 Mar 2009 20:00
    91福利社 Radio 7
  • Sat 17 Jul 2010 13:00
    91福利社 Radio 7
  • Sun 18 Jul 2010 01:00
    91福利社 Radio 7
  • Sat 15 Mar 2014 06:00
    91福利社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 15 Mar 2014 16:00
    91福利社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 16 Mar 2014 04:00
    91福利社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 26 Nov 2016 06:00
    91福利社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 26 Nov 2016 16:00
    91福利社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 27 Nov 2016 04:00
    91福利社 Radio 4 Extra