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Radio 4 Extra,25 May 1991,30 mins

Available for 29 days

Can crooked lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel free his jailed assistant Ravelli? 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 May 1991.

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