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Afternoon Theatre: Twelfth Night, Or what you will

on BBC Radio 4 FM

by William Shakespeare
This production was mounted to celebrate the BBC's 60th anniversary last year.
Twelfth Night was the first full-length studio presentation of a play on radio and was broadcast on 28 May 1923.
Scene: A city on the coast of Illyria and the sea coast near it.

(Ronnie Stevens is in "84 Charing Cross Road" at the Ambassadors Theatre, London; Harriet Walter is a member of the RSC)

Contributors

Writer:
William Shakespeare
Composer:
David Cain
Conductor:
David Cain
Musician:
Christopher Wilson
Musician:
Paul Arden-Taylor
Musician:
Adrian Brett
Musician:
Anne Collis
Musician:
Annette Isserlis
Musician:
Roderick Skeaping
Musician:
Peter Vell
Director:
Glyn Dearman
Unknown:
Ronnie Stevens
Unknown:
Harriet Walter
Orsino Duke of Illyria:
Alec McCowan
Curio, gentleman attending on the Duke:
Steve Hodson
Valentine, gentleman attending on the Duke:
Crawford Logan
Viola:
Wendy Murray
Sea captain, friend to Viola:
Peter Tuddenham
Sir Toby Belch, Olivia's kinsman:
Norman Rodway
Maria Olivia's gentlewoman:
Dilys Laye
Sir Andrew Aguecheek:
Andrew Sachs
Feste Olivia's clown:
Ronnie Stevens
Olivia, a Countess:
Harriet Walter
Malvolio, Olivia's steward:
Bernard Hepton
Fabian, a member of Olivia's household:
Ian Lavender
Antonio, a sea captain:
James Aubrey
Sebastian, twin brother to Viola:
Simon Hewitt
Servant to Olivia:
Miranda Forbes
First officer:
Stuart Organ
Second officer:
Alex Jennings
Priest:
Hugh Dickson

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