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The shady lawyer runs a broke department store. The Marx Brothers' lost shows recreated. With Michael Roberts. From June 1991.

Can shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel save a struggling department store from closure?

Recreation of the Marx Brothers' lost shows charting the adventures of shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel and his assistant, Emmanuel Ravelli.

Originally broadcast with sponsors on America's NBC radio network in the 1930s. The scripts were rediscovered in 1988.

Groucho Marx as Waldorf T Flywheel ...... Michael Roberts
Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravellias ...... Frank Lazarus

With:

Lorelei King
Graham Hoadly
Vincent Marzello

Written by Nat Perrin and Athur Sheekman.

Adapted by Mark Brisenden.

Music arranged and conducted by David Firman.

Producer: Dirk Maggs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1991.

30 minutes

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