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Footitt and Chocolat

Episode 2 of 4

A circus double-act is in jeopardy. Based on characters from Toulouse-Lautrec's posters. Stars Clarence Smith.

Four plays by John Peacock based on the characters in Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's posters, from the time of Paris’s Belle Epoque.

2: Footitt and Chocolat
Footitt needs a new circus act but it's not likely that he'll ever be a success if he carries on drinking and gambling. He comes up with an idea for an act with the dancer Chocolat.

Footitt …. Dermot Crowley
Chocolat …. Clarence Smith
Michael Donovan …. Charles Simpson
Ralph …. David Bannerman
Patrick Blackson …. Mark Straker
Jean …. Timothy Carlton
Madame Grunier …. Ann Windsor
Ringmaster …. Michael Graham Cox
With Ronald Herdman, Brett Usher and Andrew Wincott.

Music by Stephen Warbeck.

Director: Jane Morgan

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1991.

45 minutes

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