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They Met on Good Friday

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A sceptical historical romance by Louis MacNeice
[Starring] Patrick Magee and Patrick Wymark
with Kathleen Michael and James McKechnie

The battle of Clontarf was fought in A.D. 1014, just north of Dublin, between the Irish and the Vikings. This is a dramatisation of an odd bit of history.

(BBC recording: third broadcast)

Contributors

Writer/Production:
Louis MacNeice
Harp played by:
Mary Rowland
Music and specially devised sounds:
Tristram Cary
Old Woman:
Bee Duffell
Thorstein:
James McKechnie
Earl Sigurd:
Patrick Wymark
Sigtryg:
Denys Hawthorne
Bishop:
Brian O'Higgins
Gormflaith:
Kathleen Michael
King Brian:
Patrick Magee
Harper:
Robert Mooney
Poet:
Robert Irwin
Halgerda:
Mary Wimbush
Slave Girl:
Sheila Brennan
Etain:
Patricia Leventon
Brodir:
Kenneth J. Warren
Muragh:
P.G. Stephens
Mael Seachlainn:
Faitionn Keane
Captain of the Guard:
Rio Fanning
Turlough:
Donal Donnelly
[Actors]:
Members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Source: Radio Times

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