A BBC Radio adaptation by Gilbert Travers Thomas of the screenplay by Robert Harner and John Dighton of the novel ISRAEL RANK by Roy Horniman.

Dennis Price recreates his starring role from the 1949 British comedy film KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS of "Louis Mazzini", the only son of the disowned and cast-out youngest daughter of the 7th Duke of Chalfont. After his mother dies and Louis is spurned by the D'Ascoyne family (one of whom causes him to be fired from his job), Louis is determined to ascend to the heights by any means possible ... and no matter how many D'Ascoynes stand in his way of becoming the next Duke of Chalfont!

Louis D'Ascoyne Mazzini ... Dennis Price
Sibella ... Jane Wenham
Edith D'Ascoyne ... Diana Ollson
Mrs. Mazzini ... Eva Stuart
Charles Ascoyne D'Ascoyne ... Nigel Graham
Lord Ascoyne D'Ascoyne ... Edward Chapman
Henry D'Ascoyne ... Fraser Kerr
The Reverend Lord Henry D'Ascoyne ... Wilfrid Carter
Lady Agatha D'Ascoyne ... Margaret Wolfit
Ethelred, Duke of Chalfont ... David March
Admiral Lord Horatio D'Ascoyne ... Hector Ross
General Lord Rufus D'Ascoyne ... Hamlyn Benson
Warder ... Leonard Woodrow
Mr. Elliot ... Gordon Faith
Prison Governor ... John Boxer
Mr. Perkins ... Alan Haines
Lionel Holland ... Gordon Gardner
Priscilla ... Rosalind Shanks
Boatman ... Timothy Harley
Hoskins .... Kenneth McClellan
Crown Counsel ... Noel Howlett

Broadcast on BBC Home Service 6 March 1965

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