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World Theatre Becket

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

Ian Holm (above, top) as Becket David Buck (above) as Henry II and Peter Jeffrey as Foliot, Bishop of London in the play by JEAN ANOUILH adapted for radio by ROGER PINE from the translation by LUCIENNE HILL
1 Sire, crush them now, or In five years'* time there will be two Kings in England, the Archbishop of Canterbury and you. And in ten years' time there will be only one.'
Produced by RONALD MASON
Tomorrow is the 800th anniversary of Becket's martyrdom

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian Holm
Unknown:
Becket David Buck
Unknown:
Henry Ii
Unknown:
Peter Jeffrey
Play By:
Jean Anouilh
Translation By:
Lucienne Hill
Produced By:
Ronald Mason
Gwendolen:
Patricia Galllmore
Archbishop of Canterbury:
Geoffrey Wincott
Bishop Of York:
Garard Green
Bishop of Oxford:
Antony Viccars
Baron:
Ralph Truman
Little Monk:
Roger Gale
Queen Mother:
Marjorie Westbury
Young Queen:
Kathleen Helme
A page:
David Brierley
Louis of France:
David March
The Pope:
Peter Pratt
Zambelli:
John Baddeley
Source: Radio Times

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