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Two Planks and a Passion

BBC Radio 3
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by ANTHONY MINGHELLA Set against frenzied preparations for the 1392 York Corpus Christi Plays, the play begins in an atmosphere of stringent economic cutbacks and financial restraint. But rumours of a Royal Visit rapidly transform the city into a maelstrom of artistic extravagance and civic social climbing.
Music composed and performed by BARRINGTON PHELOUNG
One of the best new plays 1 have heard ... in the past decade
(FINANCIAL TIMES)
Directed by ROBERT COOPER BBC Manchester (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Minghella
Unknown:
Barrington Pheloung
Directed By:
Robert Cooper
Sarah Zachary:
Julla Ford
Thomas Zachary:
Malcolm Hebden
Joshua Bluefront:
Henry Livings
Edward Young:
Keith Bartlett
Geoffrey Le Kolve:
Roger Sloman
Walter Paynter:
Pearce Quigley
Kathryn Le Kolve:
Pam Ferris
Fr Henry Melton:
Hugh Fraser
William Selby:
Richard Griffiths
Alice Selby:
Jane Lowe
Richard II:
Colin Firth
Earl of Oxford:
David Threlfall
Anne of Bohemia:
Elizabeth Rider
Jolyf Absalom:
Nigel Stock
Archbishop of York:
Denys Hawthorne
Source: Radio Times

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