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The Saturday Play: The Day of the Owl

on BBC Radio 4 FM

When a man is shot dead in the piazza of a small Sicilian town and no witnesses stepforward,
Captain Bellodi suspects Mafia involvement. His investigation stirs up a hornets' nest. Written by Leonardo Sciascia , translated by Archibald Colquhoun and Arthur Oliver , and adapted by Andrew Farrell Readman. Producer/Director Nadia Molinari

Contributors

Written By:
Leonardo Sciascia
Translated By:
Archibald Colquhoun
Translated By:
Arthur Oliver
Adapted By:
Andrew Farrell Readman.
Director:
Nadia Molinari
Bellodi:
Simon Donald
Sgt Maj Ferlisi:
Christopher Wilkinson
Don Mariano:
Russell Dixon
Livigni:
Robert Pickavance
Mancuso:
Will Tacey
Undersecretary:
James Nickerson
Sposito:
Graeme Hawley
Pizzuco:
Craig Cheetham
Marchica:
Deka Walmsley
Mrs Nicolosi:
Christine Brennan
Dibella:
Kenneth Alan Taylor

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