A play for broadcasting, in eleven scenes, by C. Whitaker-Wilson, Author of 'Sir Christopher Wren'
Characters:
Mozart
Leopold Mozart (his father)
Servants at the Archbishop's palace
The Archbishop of Salzburg
Count Arco, Chief Steward to the Archbishop
Constanze Mozart (nee Weber)
Haydn
Gluck
Sussmayer (Mozart's favourite pupil)
Beethoven
Schikaneder, a theatre manager
The Stranger
A Priest
A Sexton
Salieri (Mozart's rival in Vienna)
Scenes:
1. The home of Leopold Mozart, Salzburg, 1777
2. The servants' hall at the Archbishop's palace, Salzburg, 1777
3. Mozart's home in Vienna, January, 1786
4. Gluck's garden, Vienna, April, 1786
5. A theatre in Vienna, May 1, 1786
6. Sussmayer's house late that night
7. Mozart's house, 1787
8. Schikaneder's summer house, Josefdorf, July, 1791
9. Mozart's bedroom, December 5, 1791
10. St. Stephen's, Vienna, December 6, 1791
11. The cemetery, Vienna, July, 1792
The Cast includes:
Harman Grisewood, Frederick W. Lloyd, Phillip Leaver, Anthony Hawtrey, Lilian Harrison, C. Whitaker-Wilson, Ronald Simpson, Alexander Samer, Jack Carlton, Abraham Sofaer, Frank Freeman, Harald Colonna, Edward Craven, Marjory Clark, Andrew Churchman, Maurice Gilbert, Charles H. Mason, Doris Blagrove, Nora Brown, Robert Speaight
(Daventry National Programme)