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Henry Goodman

Actor

Henry Goodman is an award-winning British actor, equally at home on Broadway, with the Royal Shakespeare Company or on the concert platform. His roles have included Arturo Ui, Shylock, Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof and Billy Flynn in Chicago. He narrates the classic folk tale Lubin, from Chelm on Fiddles, Forestsa new recording from the English Symphony Orchestra on the Nimbus label.

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