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Women and Water

on BBC Radio 3

by John Guare
with Natasha Richarson as Lydie Breeze, Trevor Eve as Joshua Hickman and Frank Grimes as Dan Grady
1864: State of Virginia - the Battle of Cold Harbor.
Through the chaos of the American Civil War, Lydie Breeze, daughter of a Nantucket whaling captain, is in pursuit of the truth of what happened on the ill-fated last voyage of her father's ship, the Gardenia.

8.40-8.50* During the interval, a sequence of songs from the Civil War era by Henry Clay Work (1832-84), including Grafted into the Army, and Who Shall Rule This American Nation?
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Contributors

Author:
John Guare
Original music composed by:
Ilona Sekacz
Synthesiser player:
Simon Chamberlain
Violinist:
Rosie Furness
Cellist:
Andrea Hess
Harpist:
John Marson
Technical Presentation:
Carol McShane
Technical Presentation:
Wilfredo Acosta
Technical Presentation:
Ian Harker
Producer/Director:
Stuart Owen
Lydie Breeze:
Natasha Richardson
Joshua Hickman:
Trevor Eve
Dan Grady:
Frank Grimes
Amos Mason:
Rolf Saxon
Moncure Nelson:
Ade Sapara
Cabell Breeze:
Garrick Hagon
Captain Breeze/Sgt Bell:
William Simons
Colonel McLoud/Mr Chalcott:
Anthony Jackson
Zenna Gordon:
Alibe Parsons
Mrs Randolph:
Liza Ross
Mrs Randolph's son:
Richard Pearce
Mr Fleet:
Richard Tate
Captain Gonzalo:
Peter Craze
Mr Bolt:
Philip Sully
Mr Pusey:
Ian Michie
Wilbur Woodhams:
Paul Sirr
Killing Nurse:
Zelah Clarke

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