"Television broadcast of L'avare by Molière."
Henry Oscar
as Harpagon - Father of Cleante and Elise
Marjorie Mars
as Elise - Harpagon's daughter, in love with Valere
Dorothy Hyson
as Marian - in love with Cleante
James Mason
as Valere - In love with Elise
Bryan Coleman
as Cleante - Harpagon's son, in love with Marian
Mark Daly
as Jacques - cook and coachman to Harpagon
Olive Walter
as Frosine - a matchmaking woman
Edgar K. Bruce
as Anselme
Oliver Johnson
as A Notary
Molly May
as Dame Claude - Harpagon's housekeeper
Mardale Owen
as La Merluche - servant to Harpagon
Christopher Rowan Robinson
as Brindavoine - servant to Harpagon
John Salew
as La Fleche - valet to Cleante
Rupert Siddons
as Simon - a moneylender
Fred O'Donovan
Producer
Molière
Writer
Lady Augusta Gregory
Translator
