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The Vision of Piers the Ploughman: 9: Patience and the Active Man

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

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

"I am a minstrel, and my name is Activa Viva:
I abhor an idle man, for
Active Life is my name."

Contributors

Author:
William Langland
Translated by:
Terence Tiller
Incidental music composed and conducted by:
Michael Berkeley
Director:
Piers Plowright
Langland:
Hugh Burden
Patience:
Trevor Cooper
Haukyn:
John Bull
Conscience:
Adrian Egan
Clerisy:
John Church
Imagination:
Patrick Barr
Master of Divinity:
Leonard Fenton
Source: Radio Times

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