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Emperor by COLIN THUBRON
Music composed and conducted by CHRISTOS PITTAS
Gaius Constantine was a 26-year-old Roman General and a worshipper of the sun when he was proclaimed Augustus in York in AD 306. Six years later he was suddenly converted to
Christianity. This play explores the private pressures and the spiritual dilemma of the Emperor during his bloody but brilliant campaign against his wife's brother, the Augustus Maxentius.
Music performed by ANNE COLUS (percussion) MICHAEL DORE (horn) CHRISTOPHER O'NEAL (oboe/cor anglais) Directed by JOHN THEOCHARIS (R) Stereo
(JulietStevensonisamemberofthe Royal Shakespeare Company)

Contributors

Unknown:
Colin Thubron
Conducted By:
Christos Pittas
Unknown:
Gaius Constantine
Horn:
Michael Dore
Oboe:
Christopher O'Neal
Directed By:
John Theocharis
Constantine:
Martin Jarvis
Fausta:
Juliet Stevenson
Synesius:
Cyril Luckham
Hosius:
Arnold Diamond
Verinus:
Philip Sully
Tetricus:
John Church
Geta:
Hugh Dickson
Livilla:
Helen Atkinson Wood
Fausta as a child:
Moir Leslie
Source: Radio Times

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