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The Light Was On Her Head

BBC Radio 3
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A programme about Helen WaddeU , scholar, author, poet. Written by MARY BENSON and based on Helen Waddell 's writings and The Mark of the Maker by MONICA
BLACKETT Helen Waddell is, perhaps, best known for her novel Peter Abelard , but she also translated Chinese lyrics, and medieval Latin lyrics, thus making available many beautiful poems that might otherwise have been lost. This programme covers her lifetime - from her youth in Ireland to her death in 1965. with Kathleen Michael as Helen Waddell
Other parts played by STEVE HODSON , MICHAEL SHANNON KEVIN BRENNAN , CINNETTE CLARKE MICHAEL DEACON , POWELL JONES JANE WENHAM
KENNETH MCCLELLAN BETH BOYD and JOANNA WAKE
Produced and directed by CHRISTOPHER VENNING followed by an interlude

Contributors

Unknown:
Helen Waddeu
Written By:
Mary Benson
Unknown:
Helen Waddell
Unknown:
Blackett Helen Waddell
Unknown:
Peter Abelard
Unknown:
Kathleen Michael
Unknown:
Helen Waddell
Played By:
Steve Hodson
Played By:
Michael Shannon
Played By:
Kevin Brennan
Played By:
Cinnette Clarke
Played By:
Michael Deacon
Played By:
Powell Jones
Played By:
Jane Wenham
Unknown:
Kenneth McClellan
Unknown:
Beth Boyd
Directed By:
Christopher Venning
Narrator:
David Strong
Readers:
Jill Balcon
Readers:
Neville Jason
Source: Radio Times

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