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Afternoon Theatre:Â The Plough and the Stars

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

by Sean O'Casey, adapted for radio by Walter Hall, and broadcast as part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of his birth
with Niall Buggy and Roisin Donaghy

'What does the design of the field plough, bearing on it the stars of the heavenly plough, mean, if it's not Communism? It's a flag that should only be used when we're building the barricades to fight for a Workers' Republic! '

A BBC World Service drama production
(long wave only)

Contributors

Author:
Sean O'Casey
Adapted by:
Walter Hall
Director:
Dickon Reed
Jack Clitheroe:
Niall Buggy
Nora Clitheroe:
Roisin Donaghy
Peter Flynn:
Kevin Flood
Fluther Good:
Denys Hawthorne
The Young Covey:
Sean Arnold
Bessie Burgess:
Pauline Delany
Mrs Gogan:
Peggy Marshall
Rosie Redmond:
Brenda Fricker
Mollser:
Elizabeth Lindsay
Capt Brennan:
Vass Anderson
Lieut Langon:
Alan Barry
Corp Stoddart:
Walter Hall
Sgt Tinley:
Alaric Cotter
Source: Radio Times

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