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Christopher Columbus: Act 1

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

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Play for broadcasting by Louis MacNeice, with music by William Walton. BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Chorus, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult.
[Starring] Laurence Oliver and Margaret Rawlings

Contributors

Writer:
Louis MacNeice
Music:
William Walton
Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Singers:
BBC Chorus
Conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult
Producer:
Dallas Bower
First speaker:
Robert Speaight
Second speaker:
Marius Goring
Jose:
Philip Cunningham
Artur:
Harry Hutchinson
Alfredo:
Mark Dignam
Bartolome:
Stephen Murray
Carlos:
Jack Livesey
Francisco:
Alan Wheatley
Brother Pedro:
J. Bryan Powley
Prior:
Cecil Trouncer
Christopher Columbus:
Laurence Olivier
Antonio:
Allan Jeayes
Talavera:
Arthur Young
Duke of Medina Sidonia:
Robert Rendel
Duke of Medina Celi:
John Bryning
Mendoza:
Laurence Hanray
Marchesa:
Hedli Anderson
Queen Isabella:
Gladys Young
Diego de Deza:
Alexander Sarner
Manuel:
Jonathan Field
Tapstress:
Molly Rankin
Juan:
Stuart Latham
Beatriz:
Margaret Rawlings
Source: Radio Times

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BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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