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The Friday Play

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
A radio version by the author, based on his original stage play, marks the beginning of Radio Drama's
Tom Stoppard Season.
Music by Marc Wilkinson Director John Tydeman (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Stoppard
Music By:
Marc Wilkinson
Director:
John Tydeman
Rosencrantz:
Edward Hardwicke
Guildenstern:
Edward Petherbridge
Player:
Freddie Jones
Hamlet:
Martin Jarvis
Gertrude:
Maxine Audley
Claudius:
Robert Lang
Polonius:
William Squire
Ophelia:
Angela Pleasence
Horatio:
John Rye
First ambassador:
Michael Deacon
Alfred:
Anthony Daniels
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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