The True Story of Martin Guerre


Last Update: 14 November 1998
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Dramatised in two parts by Guy Meredith from the trial notes of the 16th-century French judge Jean de Coras.

Part One: Martin Guerre, an inhabitant of the Pyrenean village of Artigat, is charged with being an impostor when he returns after an eight-year absence. But his trial leaves many questions unanswered.

Part Two: Martin Guerre's wife Bertrande accepts him on his return after an eight-year absence, bears him two further children and then accuses him of being an impostor.


PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS:

Martin..................Sean Bean
Bertrande...............Leslie Dunlop
Jean de Coras...........Olivier Pierre
Bertande's Mother.......Jill Graham
Pierre Guerre...........Andrew Melville
Sanglas.................Steve Hodson
Mme Sanglas.............Geraldine Fitzgerald
Francoise...............Jo Kendall
Carbon Barrau...........Peter Gunn
Guillem.................Eric Allen


PRODUCTION CREDITS:

Production..................... BBC (Radio Four)
............................... June 21 and 28, 1996
Running time................... 2 hours
Music ......................... Philip Pickett
Played by ..................... Pavlo Bevnosiuk
                                Tom Finucane
                                and Stephen Henderson
Directed by ................... Janet Whitaker


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