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The Virgin Knife
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Why did Charlotte Corday travel to Paris on 13 July 1793 with the sole aim of killing Jean-Paul Marat? Stars Samantha Bond.
On July 13 1793, Charlotte Corday, a young girl from Caen in Normandy, journeyed to Paris. Her sole aim was to kill Jean Paul Marat, while he sat in his bath. But what drove her to such extremes?
The first of three plays by David Pownall exploring the hearts and minds of three of history's most celebrated killers.
Samantha Bond stars Charlotte Corday and Gerard Murphy as Jean Paul Marat.
Director: Eoin O'Callaghan
First broadcast on 91热爆 Radio 4 in 1999.
Last on
Mon 26 Nov 2018
21:15
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