14:30

Afternoon Theatre

Sun 16^th Sep 1973, 14:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM

John Hurt , Judi Dench and David Buck in The Last Temptation
Translated and adapted from the novel by NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS by ANDREAS STAVROU and HALLAM TENNYSON
A passionate account of the role of Mary Magdalene and Judas Iscariot in fulfilling Christ's destiny.
1: The Lion Within
Additional singers:
VERONICA LUCAS , COLIN APPLETON RICHARD BOURNE , SANDRA CLARK HILDA SCHRODER , WILLIAM EEDLE FRASER KERR , DAVID SINCLAIR
Music specially composed by ELIZABETH POSTON and conducted by PETER MARCHBANK
Producer RICHARD WORTLEY
Part 2, ' Not to Bring Peace ': next Sunday, 2.30 pm

Contributors

Unknown:: John Hurt
Unknown:: Judi Dench
Unknown:: David Buck
Novel By:: Nikos Kazantzakis
Unknown:: Andreas Stavrou
Unknown:: Hallam Tennyson
Unknown:: Mary Magdalene
Unknown:: Judas Iscariot
Singers:: Veronica Lucas
Singers:: Colin Appleton
Singers:: Richard Bourne
Unknown:: Sandra Clark
Unknown:: Hilda Schroder
Unknown:: William Eedle
Unknown:: Fraser Kerr
Unknown:: David Sinclair
Composed By:: Elizabeth Poston
Conducted By:: Peter Marchbank
Producer:: Richard Wortley
Narrator:: Gabriel Woolf
Rabbi Simeon:: John Ruddock
JeSUS:: John Hurt
Mary:: Diana Bishop
Centurion:: Vernon Joyner
Judas:: David Buck
Peter:: Walter Hall
Mary Magdalene:: Judi Dench
Women in the crowd:: Julie Hallam
Women in the crowd:: Betty Huntley-Wright
Man in the crowd:: David Timson
Barabbas:: John Rowe
Dustmaster:: Timothy Bateson
Abbot:: Clive Swift
Monk:: William Sleigh
Andrew:: Peter Craze
Zebedee:: Brian Haines
The Baptist:: Haydn Jones
The Tempter:: Heron Carvic

Source: Radio Times

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