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Afternoon Theatre: Cold Earth Travelling

on BBC Radio 4 FM

by MIKE WALKER based on a Chaucerian tale
A freezing cold winter, a time of plague, a time when, quite literally, Death stalks the earth. Three men decide to find Death, kill him and steal his gold. 'It's cold down there, brother. Cold in the ground cold travelling no here
Music specially composed and conducted by DAVID CAIN
DOREEN WALKER (contralto) NICHOLAS MCGEGAN (flute)
CHRISTOPHER WILSON (lute)
NIGEL SHIPWAY (percussion) Directed by DAVID SPENSER

Contributors

Writer:
Mike Walker
Music specially composed and conducted by:
David Cain
Contralto:
Doreen Walker
Flute:
Nicholas McGegan
Flute:
Christopher Wilson
Directed By:
David Spenser
Gib:
Frederick Treves
Slice:
Nigel Anthony
Geoff and:
David Timson
Death:
Gabriel Woolf
Anselm:
James Thomason
Mai:
Penelope Reynolds
Knight:
Kenneth Shanley

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