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The Sunday Play: Fairest Isle

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Stephen Wyatt 's play has been commissioned to commemorate the tercentenary of the death of Henry Purcell. The opera
King Arthur is acclaimed as a masterpiece, but as neither Purcell nor John
Dryden fully understood each other's artistic aims, their collaboration was frequently tempestuous.
Director Martin Jenkins

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Wyatt
Unknown:
Henry Purcell.
Director:
Martin Jenkins
John Dryden:
Benjamin Whitrow
Henry Purcell:
Ian Hughes
Elizabeth Dryden:
Barbara Jefford
Frances Purcell:
Deborah Berlin
Halifax:
John Rowe
Thomas Betterton:
John Shrapnel
Louis Grabu:
Trader Faulkner
John Milton:
Don McCorkindale
Charles II:
Derek Waring
James II:
Peter Yapp
Thomas Shadwell:
Gavin Muir
Wit/Actor:
David Antrobus
Harpsichordist:
Malcolm Hicks
Boy Treble:
Timothy Dickinson
Source: Radio Times

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