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The Tempest

on BBC Radio 3

by William Shakespeare, adapted for radio and produced by Ian Cotterell with music by David Cain

with Paul Scofield

Though with their high wrongs
I am struck to the quick,
Yet with my nobler reason
'gainst my fury
Do I take part: the rarer action is
In virtue than in vengeance

Scene: a ship at sea, then an enchanted island

David Cain's music played by Mike Westbrook, Clive Heath, Christopher Hogwood, Brian Godding, Butch Potter, John Mitchell and Tristan Fry conducted by The Composer

(A Transcription Services recording)

Interval 7.45*-7.50*

Contributors

Author:
William Shakespeare
Music/Conductor:
David Cain
Musician:
Brian Godding
Musician:
Clive Heath
Musician:
Christopher Hogwood
Musician:
Tristan Fry
Musician:
John Royston Mitchell
Musician:
Roger Potter
Musician:
Mike Westbrook
Music Producer:
Paul Reding
Producer/Director:
Ian Cotterell
Strangers to the Island - Alonso, King of Naples:
John Justin
Strangers to the Island - Sebastian, his brother:
Charles Kay
Strangers to the Island - Antonio, brother to Prospero, the usurping Duke of Milan:
Michael Spice
Strangers to the Island - Ferdinand, Son to the King of Naples:
Richard Kay
Strangers to the Island - Gonzalo, an honest old Councillor:
Timothy Bateson
Strangers to the Island - Adrian, a Lord attending on the King:
Anthony Daniels
Strangers to the Island - Francisco, a Lord attending on the King:
Alan Rowe
Strangers to the Island - Trinculo, a Jester:
Terry Scully
Strangers to the Island - Stephano, a drunken butler:
Roy Kinnear
Strangers to the Island - Master of a Ship:
Alan Rowe
Strangers to the Island - Boatswain:
William Sleigh
Inhabitants of the Island - Prospero, the right Duke of Milan:
Paul Scofield
Inhabitants of the Island - Miranda, his daughter:
Jane Knowles
Inhabitants of the Island - Ariel, an airy spirit:
Ronnie Stevens
Inhabitants of the Island - Caliban, a savage and deformed Slave:
Patrick Stewart
Inhabitants of the Island - Iris, a spirit in the Masque:
Patricia Hooper
Inhabitants of the Island - Ceres, a spirit in the Masque:
Prudence Lloyd
Inhabitants of the Island - Juno, a spirit in the Masque:
Doreen Walker

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