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on BBC Radio 3

The Restorer. A radio music drama by CHRISTOPHER WHELEN with Paul Scofield
In this programme Christopher Whelen , the playwright and composer, tells a story in which the words and the music are interrelated in an arrestingandunusualway.
The Restorer centres on a mysterious picture which hangs in a Dutch museum and exercises a strange fascination on a visiting Englishman. and the voices of SHIRLEY DIXON and TERRI LANG
The music performed by players of the ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, conducted by CHRISTOPHER WHELEN
Directed by MARTIN ESSLIN followed by an interlude

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Whelen
Unknown:
Paul Scofield
Unknown:
Christopher Whelen
Henry Sparks:
Paul Scofield
Rachel Brewster:
Nicolette McKenzie
Willem (The Restorer):
Christopher Bidmead
'Cupcake', a waiter:
Paul Meier
Professor Martha Spellborn:
Joan Matheson
Dr Johann Weg:
Jeffrey Segal
Small boy:
Jo Manning Wilson
Henry's father:
Douglas Blackwell
Henry,a boy:
Jean England
Henry's doctor:
Leslie Heritage
Celia, aged ten:
Olwen Griffiths

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