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Tamburlaine the Great: Part 2

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The second part of the bloody Conquests of mighty Tamburlaine.

With his impassionate fury, for the death of his Lady and love, fair Zenocrate: his form of exhortation and discipline to his three sons, and the manner of his own death.

by Christopher Marlowe

with Stephen Murray and Sheila Allen

Main characters in order of speaking: [see below]
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company

(Joss Ackland broadcasts by permission of the Mermaid Theatre Trust)
(To be repeated on April 12)
See pages 41 and 45

Contributors

Author:
Christopher Marlowe
Unknown:
Music composed and conducted by:
Producer:
Charles Lefeaux
Tamburlaine, King of Persia:
Stephen Murray
Zenocrate, his wife:
Sheila Allen
His sons - Celebinus:
Kenneth Shanley
His sons - Amyras:
Malcolm Terris
His sons - Calyphas:
Timothy Harley
Callapine, Bajazeth's son:
Denys Hawthorne
Almeda, his jailer:
James Thomason
Tamburlaine's followers - Theridamas:
Joss Ackland
Tamburlaine's followers - Usumcasane:
Bruce Condell
Tamburlaine's followers - Techelles:
Tom Watson
The Governor of Babylon:
Arthur Ridley

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