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The Vision of Piers the Ploughman

BBC Radio 3
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by WILLIAM
LANGLAND
Abridged for radio in 13 parts in a new verse translation by TERENCE TILLER
Incidental music composed and conducted by MICHAEL BERKELEY
Piers having gone to plough, Pride saw his chance,
And gathered a great host in order to march against
Conscience, all Christians, and the Cardinal Virtues
- Which he meant to beat-down and bruise, and bite their roots apart.
13: Antichrist
Directed by PIERS PLOWRIGHT

Contributors

Translation By:
Terence Tiller
Conducted By:
Michael Berkeley
Directed By:
Piers Plowright
Langland:
Hugh Burden
Grace/Nature:
John Bott
Surquedry/Life:
Gordon Reid
Conscience:
Adrian Egan
Need:
Eva Stuart
Lust:
Trevor Cooper
Contrition/Old Age:
Godfrey Kenton
Peace:
Lolly Cockerell
Source: Radio Times

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