A Wife for Half a Crown

46 min.

Audio Plays, Radio Productions & Literary Readings

Language Russian

Author Ronald Mitchell

Narrators Evgeniy Yevstigneyev, Anatoly Papanov, Anastasia Georgievskaya, Elena Ponsova

Narrator Evgeniy Yevstigneyev

Narrator Anatoly Papanov

Narrator Anastasia Georgievskaya

Narrator Elena Ponsova

Description

A Welsh folk comedy. To treat his fellow villagers, the poor man Isaiah Jones “sold” his wife Aoliba to the wealthy Roberts. But Roberts soon changed his mind and demanded his money back. However, the crafty woman insisted that the contract be honored...

Characters and performers:

Aoliba Jones — Anastasia Georgievskaya
Miss Pack — Elena Ponsova
Miss Morris — Nadezhda Zhivotova
Isaiah Jones — Evgeny Evstigneev
Moses Roberts — Evgeny Vesnik
Captain Hughes — Ivan Solovyov
Hugh Parry — Anatoly Papanov
Sound imitations — Yury Khzhano vsky
in episodes — actors of Moscow theaters.

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