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Afternoon Play: King of Shadows

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By Susan Cooper, dramatised by Beatrice Colin.

A magical adventure story set both in the present day and in Elizabethan England. Chosen to play Puck in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at Shakespeare's Globe, young American Nat Field travels to London. Visiting the theatre for the first time, he falls seriously ill. When he awakes, he finds that he has gone back 400 years in time.

Contributors

Author:
Susan Cooper
Dramatised by:
Beatrice Colin
Director:
Gaynor MacFarlane
Rachel:
Buffy Davis
Queen Elizabeth:
Sally Dexter
Harry:
Tom George
Will:
Robert Glenister
Doctor:
Martin Hyder
Nat:
Adam Sims
Arby/Richard Burbage:
Andrew Woodall
Source: Radio Times

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