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Playhouse: My Dear Palestrina

on BBC Two England

by Bernard MacLaverty
Starring Eleanor Bron as Miss Schwarz

'One of your Popes had a great thing to say once. He had been listening to some music by Palestrina with Palestrina himself. He said to him, " The law, my dear Palestrina, ought to employ your music to lead hardened criminals to repentance".'
BBC Northern Ireland

Contributors

Writer:
Bernard MacLaverty
Film Cameraman:
Rex Maidment
Studio Lighting:
John Treays
Designer:
Diane Menaul
Producer:
Neil Zeiger
Director:
Diarmuid Lawrence
Miss Schwarz:
Eleanor Bron
Father:
Paul Antrim
Mother:
Valerie Lilley
Danny MacErlane:
Ronan Downey
Letty:
Doreen Hepburn
Marie:
Mandy McIlwaine
Blacksmith:
Liam Neeson
Wyroslawski:
Alec Sabin
Priest:
Edward Byrne
Mingo:
Declan McBrien
First removal man:
Jack McQuoid
Second removal man:
Ciaran Downs
Tam:
J.G. Devlin

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