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The Donkey's Crusade

on BBC Home Service Basic

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A play for radio by Jean Morris.
[Starring] Nigel Stock
The music played by: James Blades (percussion), Joan Rimmer (psaltery), Stanley Taylor (treble recorder), Edward Selwyn (oboe), Lilly Phillips (cello), Geoffrey Gilbert (flute).

(The recorded broadcast of January 27)

Contributors

Writer:
Jean Morris
Music and songs composed by:
Elizabeth Poston
Music and songs conducted by:
Douglas Robinson
Percussionist:
James Blades
Psaltery:
Joan Rimmer
Treble recorder:
Stanley Taylor
Oboist:
Edward Selwyn
Cellist:
Lilly Phillips
Flautist:
Geoffrey Gilbert
Production:
Mary Hope Allen
Jacques de Vitry, Bishop of Acre:
Carleton Hobbs
The Prior:
Eric Anderson
Thomas, a novice:
Nigel Stock
Aubery, a boy:
Sulwen Morgan
Aubery, a man:
Geoffrey Matthews
James:
Leonard White
First merchant:
Peter Claughton
Second merchant:
Raf de la Torre
First peasant:
David March
First Mongol:
Ralph Truman
Second Mongol:
Frederick Treves
Second peasant:
Raf de la Torre
Third peasant:
Will Leighton
Fourth peasant:
Peter Claughton
First girl:
Kathleen Helme
Second girl:
Hilda Schroder
Third girl:
Sheila Grant
The Hermit:
Will Leighton
The Abbot:
John Ruddock
A boy:
Douglas Hankin
The King:
Ralph Truman

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