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From the Balcony

on BBC Radio 3

by PATRICE CHAPLIN
Jointly commissioned by the National Theatre and the BBC.
Music specially composed by JOHN TAMS and In 17th-century Portugal, a young nun had a passionate love affair with a French nobleman which ended in tragedy when he deserted her.
This play is based on the letters she wrote to him and on Lermontov's A Hero of Our Time.
Dona Brites. MIRANDA FORBES Music arranged and played by MATTHEW SCOTT
Stage production by DAVID PENN
Radio production directed by CHERRY COOKSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Patrice Chaplin
Unknown:
Dona Brites.
Played By:
Matthew Scott
Production By:
David Penn
with Mariana:
Morag Hood
Amand:
Leigh Lawson

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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