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THE TRUE TALE

BBC Radio 3
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The True Tale of the love of Messire Guillaume de Machaut and Peronnelle Dame d'Armentieres, with the letters and answers, the ballads, lays, and rondeaux of the said Guillaume and the said Peronnelle
Translated from Old French and adapted for radio by RENE HAGUE
Machaut's music arranged and directed by GILBERT REANEY
JOHN WHITWORTH (counter-tenor) GERALD ENGLISH (tenor)
IAN PARTRIDGE (tenor) ..
Medieval instruments played by DESMOND DUPRE , ALAN LUMSDEN DAVID MUNROW. GILBERT REANEY MARY REMNANT, MARILYN WAILES
Production by DOUGLAS CLEVERDON
Second broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Peronnelle Dame
Unknown:
Rene Hague
Directed By:
Gilbert Reaney
Unknown:
John Whitworth
Played By:
Desmond Dupre
Played By:
Alan Lumsden
Played By:
David Munrow.
Played By:
Gilbert Reaney
Unknown:
Marilyn Wailes
Production By:
Douglas Cleverdon
Peronnelle:
Alexa Romanes
Machaut's friend:
Michael Deacon
The soldier:
Peter Baldwin
Peronnelle's sister:
Frances Jeater
Her cousin:
Hilda Kriseman
The false friend:
Peter Baldwin
The priest:
Peter Williams
Source: Radio Times

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