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CYMBELINE

on BBC Radio 3

by William Shakespeare
The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company tcith
Peggy Ashcroft
Joan Miller , Geoffrey Keen
Mark Dignam , Cyril Luckham Richard Johnson , Clive Revill and Robert Harris
Directed by PETER HALL with music by RAYMOND LEPPARD
Radio adaptation and production by VICTOR MENZIES
The action takes place at the court of Cymbeline, at Philario's house in Rome, and outside the cave of Belarius in the mountains of Wales.
Recorded in the BBC's Birmingham studios
Broadcast on December 27. 1957
See page 38
DURING THE INTERVAL (9.5*-9.15*)
A record of YEHUDI MENUHIN and NELL GOTKOVSKY playing six of Bartok's Duos for two violins

Contributors

Unknown:
William Shakespeare
Unknown:
Peggy Ashcroft
Unknown:
Joan Miller
Unknown:
Geoffrey Keen
Unknown:
Mark Dignam
Unknown:
Cyril Luckham
Unknown:
Richard Johnson
Unknown:
Clive Revill
Unknown:
Robert Harris
Directed By:
Peter Hall
Music By:
Raymond Leppard
Production By:
Victor Menzies
Narrator:
Patrick Wymark
A Gentleman:
Thane Bettany
First Lord:
Peter Cellier
Second Lord:
Barry Warren
The Queen:
Joan Miller
Posthumus Leonatus, husband to Imogen:
Richard Johnson
Imogen, daughter to Cymbeline by a former Queen:
Peggy Ashcroft
Cymbeline, King of Britain:
Robert Harris
Pisanio, servant to Posthumus:
Mark Dignam
Cloten, son to the Queen by a former husband:
Clive Revill
Helen, a lady attendant on Imogen:
Molly Tapper
Iachimo, an Italian:
Geoffrey Keen
Philario, an Italian, friend to Posthumus:
Donald Layne-Smith
A Frenchman:
Brian Bedford
Cornelius, a physician:
James Wellman
A Singer:
Rex Robinson
A Councillor:
William Elmhurst
Caius Lucius, general of the Roman forces:
Donald Eccles
Belarius, called Morgan Sons to Cymbeline, supposed sons to Morgan:
Cyril Luckham
Guiderius:
Robert Arnold
Arviragus:
Brian Bedford
A Roman Captain:
Derek Mayhew
British Officers:
Donald Layne-Smith
British Officers:
Simon Carter
Sicilius Leonatus:
Toby Robertson
His wife:
Molly Tapper
A Gaoler:
Julian Glover
Ladies, attendant on the Queen:
Mavis Edwards
Ladies, attendant on the Queen:
Elizabeth Evans
Ladies, attendant on the Queen:
Pamela Taylor
Ladies, attendant on the Queen:
Eileen Atkins
British Soldiers:
Edward Caddick
British Soldiers:
John Davidson
British Soldiers:
Henry Davies
British Soldiers:
Julian Glover
British Soldiers:
John Grayson
British Soldiers:
Norman Miller
British Soldiers:
Gordon Wright
Roman Soldiers:
Antony Brown
Roman Soldiers:
John Murray Scott
Roman Soldiers:
Kenneth Gilbert
Roman Soldiers:
John Salway
Roman Soldiers:
Gordon Souter
Roman Soldiers:
Roy Spencer

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