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Operama: The Flying Dutchman

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The second in a series of seven dramas that tell the stories behind the songs.
Owen Teale stars as Willem Vanderdecken in the tale that inspired Wagner's opera and has haunted seafarers for centuries, newly dramatised by Roger Danes.
Director Adrian Bean

Contributors

Dramatised by:
Roger Danes.
Director:
Adrian Bean
Willem Vanderdecken:
Owen Teale
Katerina Groot/Katerina Vanderdecken:
Elaine Claxton
De Wit/Sutcliffe:
Hugh Kermode
M Lamartine:
Olivier Pierre
Genevieve Lamartine:
Tina Gray
Breukink:
John Evitts
Wilde:
Derek Waring
Gelder:
Lyndam Gregory
De Vries:
Peter Yapp
Framboos:
Malcolm Ward
Retief/Rijkart:
Russell Floyd
Jacob:
Richard Pearce
Viljoen/Van Der Merwe:
Daniel Davies
Massen/Piet Coertze:
David Jarvis
Dr Nuysen:
Peter Whitman
Source: Radio Times

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