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The Vision of Piers the Ploughman

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 bv MICHAEL BERKELEY
Conscience and Mother
Wit made me come to his country,
And made me swear solemnly to serve him for ever,
To sow and plant his seed so long as I had strength.
5: The Coming of Piers the Ploughman with Hugh Burden as Langland
Directed by PIERS PLOWRIGHT

Contributors

Translation By:
Terence Tiller
Unknown:
Hugh Burden
Directed By:
Piers Plowright
Piers the Ploughman:
Brian Glover
sloth/pardoner:
Brian Haines
repentance/knight:
Peter Baldwin
Vigilant:
Trevor Cooper
Cutpurse:
Gordon Dulieu
confectioner:
Rowena Roberts
Source: Radio Times

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