The Overcoat
A humble Russian civil servant's career is stuck in a dismal rut, until he buys a new coat. Stars Stephen Moore. From 2002.
Akaky Akakyevich is a humble bureaucrat lost in the dismal ranks of the 19th Century Russian civil service.
But when he buys a brand new overcoat, things begin to look up.
Nikolai Gogol's six-part comedy set In the sleepy Russian town of Mirgorod.
Dramatised by Jim Poyser.
Akaky Akakyevich.......Stephen Moore
Kabolokov......................Mark Chatterton
Denisov...........................David Crellin
Borsov..............................Russell Dixon
Radishev.........................Malcolm Raeburn
Lizavera...........................Brigit Forsyth
Tamara.............................Jo-Anne Knowles
Producer: Susan Roberts
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2002.
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