Episode details
Radio 4 Extra,01 Jun 1991,30 mins
Available for 28 days
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.
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