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.. MY END IS MY BEGINNING

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on BBC Home Service Basic

The last two years of the life of Mary Queen of Scots
During her long captivity in England, Mary Queen of Scots liked to use the enigmatic motto In mu end is my beginning. Even as she went to her execution in the Great Hall of Fotheringay Castle in February 1587 she still prayed there might be a beginning . . .
Principal characters:
Narrator, Richard HURNDALL
Compiled from contemporary sources and produced by ALISON PLOWDEN
Godfrey Kenton is In ' Happy Death-Days ' at the Westminster Theatre. London

Contributors

Narrator:
Richard Hurndall
Produced By:
Alison Plowden
Produced By:
Godfrey Kenton
Mary Queen of Scots:
Joan Matheson
Queen Elizabeth:
Mary Wimbush
Amyas Paulet:
David March
Lord Burghley:
Carleton Hobbs
Francis Walsingham:
John Pullen
Christopher Hatton:
Peter Pratt
Anthony Babington:
Douglas Hankin
James VI of Scotland:
Denys Hawthorne
William Davison:
Godfrey Kenton
Source: Radio Times

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