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Drama Now

on BBC Radio 3

Hans Kohlhaas by JAMES SAUNDERS
Taken from the story by HEINRICH VON KLEIST in the translation of MARTIN GREENBERG , and adapted for radio by THE AUTHOR with James Saunders's ' Brechtian ' study in self-interest portrays a 16th-century horse dealer's search for justice.
' The story starts with a groschen, and from this comes violence, pillage, arson, murder, high and low diplomacy, the orphaning of children and the beginning and end of a revolution. and Special music composed and conducted by HANS HEIMLER KENNETH HEATH (Cello)
HAROLD NASH (alto trombone) ERIC CREES (tenor trombone)
PETER HARVEY (bass trombone) JOHN SMITH (tuba)
ANNE COLLIS (percussion)
HANS HEIMLER (harpsichord and chamber organ)
Producer RICHARD WORTLEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Hans Kohlhaas
Unknown:
James Saunders
Story By:
Heinrich von Kleist
Unknown:
Martin Greenberg
Conducted By:
Hans Heimler
Cello:
Kenneth Heath
Cello:
Harold Nash
Bass:
Peter Harvey
Unknown:
John Smith
Producer:
Richard Wortley
Hans Kohlhaas:
Barry Fester
Narrators...:
Nigel Graham
Narrators:
Terry Scully
Narrators:
Ellen Sheean
Narrators:
Stephen Thorne
Tollkeeper:
Ronald Herdman
Steward:
John Rye
Junker Wenzel von Tronka:
John Rowe
Stable Boy:
Ellen Sheean
Elisabeth:
Wendy Williams
Sternbald:
Stephen Thorne
Lawyer:
Rolf Lefebvre
Count Kallheim:
William Eedle
Heinrich von Geusau:
William Fox
Henkel:
Haydn Jones
Minister:
Terry Scully
Sheriff of Wittenberg:
Ronald Herdman
Martin Luther:
David March
Elector of Saxony:
Clifford Rose
Prince of Meissen:
Nicholas Courtney
Count Wrede:
Brian Haines
Hinz von Tronka:
Leonard Fenton
Kunz von Tronka:
Jonathan Scott
Knacker of Dobbeln:
John Hollis

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