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The Man Born to be King

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

A cycle of 12 plays on The Life of Jesus Christ by Dorothy L. Sayers: a new version adapted for stereo and produced by Raymond Raikes with music specially composed by Roberto Gerhard played by The English Chamber Orchestra conducted bv Rae Jenkins
1: Kings in Judaea
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Contributors

Writer:
Dorothy L. Sayers
Produced By:
Raymond Raikes
Music Composed By:
Roberto Gerhard
Conductor:
Rae Jenkins
The Evangelist:
Gabriel Woolf
Ephraim:
Denys Blakelock
A slave-boy:
Daniel Rose
Proclus, a Roman Officer:
Trevor Martin
The:
Three Wise Kings:
Caspar:
James Dale
Melchior:
Michael Kilgarriff
Balthazar:
Paul Danquah
Herod the Great:
Robert Eddison
Shepherd's wife:
Nan Marriott-Watson
Zillah, her daughter:
Jo Manning-Wilson
Mary, Mother of Jesus:
June Tobin
Joseph, her husband:
Norman Shelley
An Angel:
Peter Marinker
A Messenger:
James Thomason
Source: Radio Times

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