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Classic Serial: The War of the End of the World

on BBC Radio 4 FM

In this last episode, Mario Vargas Llosa describes the end of the Counsellor and the poor pilgrims at Canudos in north-east Brazil. But, as he discovered when he travelled there, the legend lives on and 100 years later people are still divided between religious fundamentalism and progressive materialism.
Dramatised by Mike Walker
Director Shaun MacLoughlin

Contributors

Unknown:
Mario Vargas Llosa
Dramatised By:
Mike Walker
Director:
Shaun MacLoughlin
Reporter:
Kerry Shale
Lion of Natuba:
Jack Klaff
Baron de Canabrava:
Nigel Anthony
Sebastiana:
Kathryn Hurlbutt
Goncalves:
David Holt
Father Joachim:
William Eedle
Dwarf:
Bill Monks
Jurema:
Carolyn Backhouse
Old woman:
Patricia Gallimore
Bandit Pajeu:
Eric Allan
Bandit Joao:
Anthony Jackson
Maria:
Kate Binchy
Paco:
Richard Pearce
Vilanova:
Terry Malloy

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