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The Pilgrim's Progress

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by JOHN BUNYAN , adapted by EDWARD SACKVILLE WEST from the stage version byw NUGENT MONCK.
Other parts played by STEVE HODSON , LESLIE HERITAGE DAVID SINCLAIR , ROGER SNOWDON MICHAEL BURLINGTON
DAVID GRAHAM , NORMA RONALD JAN EDWARDS , ROSALIND ADAMS
ALISON GOLLINGS , PETER WILLIAMS MICHAEL SHANNON , ANTHONY SMEE With music specially composed by Vaughan Williams for the 1943 radio production. DELYTH JONES (soprano) ELSA KENDAL (contralto) ROBIN LEGGATE (tenor)
CHRISTOPHER UNDERWOOD (bar) BBC NORTHERN SINGERS chorusmaster STEPHEN WILKINSON BBC NORTHERN SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA, led by BARRY GRIFFITHS conducted by CHARLES GROVES Directed by BENNETT MAXWELL (First broadcast May 1977)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Bunyan
Adapted By:
Edward Sackville
Unknown:
Nugent Monck.
Played By:
Steve Hodson
Played By:
Leslie Heritage
Played By:
David Sinclair
Played By:
Roger Snowdon
Played By:
Michael Burlington
Played By:
David Graham
Played By:
Norma Ronald
Unknown:
Jan Edwards
Unknown:
Rosalind Adams
Unknown:
Alison Gollings
Unknown:
Peter Williams
Unknown:
Michael Shannon
Composed By:
Vaughan Williams
Tenor:
Robin Leggate
Tenor:
Christopher Underwood
Unknown:
Stephen Wilkinson
Unknown:
Barry Griffiths
Conducted By:
Charles Groves
Directed By:
Bennett Maxwell
Starring as Christian:
John Gielgud
Bunyan:
With Timothy West
Faithful:
Richard Bebb
Hopeful:
Martin Jarvis
the Evangelist:
John Justin
as Mr Worldly Wiseman:
Norman Shelley
and as Apollyon/Giant Despair:
Trevor Martin
Source: Radio Times

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