H R.F. Keating The Murder Of The Maharajah

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(4.6 stars; 8 reviews)

The Murder of the Maharajah Dramatised by: Neville Teller H.R.F. Keating's novel, set in the India of the British Raj.   It stars Zia Mohyeddin as the Maharajah who plays one April Fool's joke too many. DSP Howard: Sam Dastor Dewan: Renu Setna Porgy: Lyndham Gregory Sir Arthur: Philip Anthony Michael: Luke Beeson Dolly: Rachel Atkins Elaine: Sheila Mitchell Judy: Oona Beeson Ram Singh: Amerjit Deu Frere: Dominic Letts Morton: Barry J Gordon Joe: Steve Hodson Schoolmaster: null Bhasker A Gold Dagger award-winning thriller. Director: Matthew Walters Saturday-Night Theatre: Sat 20th Nov 1993 19:50 on BBC Radio 4 FM A princely state in India, 1930, under the British Raj. To Bhopore and its opulent Summer Palace comes a handful of Western visitors to meet the outrageous Maharajah and his entourage. There they met the Maharajah's heir, the sensual Porgy, and his English chorus-girl mistress. They meet the enigmatic chief minister--and the aloof British Resident, with his dignified little nine-year-old son. And before long they also meet sudden death....Various people in the Palace become suspects, and an imperturbable District Superintendent of Police is called in. But who will he find guilty of the murder of the Maharajah?

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