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TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT

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by Christopher Marlowe
Music composed and conducted by CHRISTOPHER WHELEN with Stephen Murray
Sheila Allen and David March
Part 1
Main characters in order oj speaking:
Other parts played by STEPHENScott and members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Produced by CHARLES LEFEAUX
John Rye is In ' A Funny Thing' at the Strand Theatre. London; Joss Ackland broadcasts by permission of the Mermaid Theatre Trust
To be repeated on April 3 See page 41
DURING THE INTERVAL (9.35-9.45*)
A record of Geminiani's Concerto in C major Op. 7 No. 3 played by I Musicl

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Marlowe
Conducted By:
Christopher Whelen
Unknown:
Stephen Murray
Unknown:
Sheila Allen
Produced By:
Charles Lefeaux
Unknown:
Joss Ackland
Mycetes, King of Persia:
David Valla
Cosroe, his brother:
John Rye
Persian lords:Meander:
James Thomason
Theridamas:
Joss Ackland
Menaphon:
Michael Spice
Tamburlaine, a Scythian shepherd:
Stephen Murray
Zenocrate, daughter of the Soldan of Egypt.:
Sheila Allen
Tamburlaine's followers:Techelles:
Tom Watson
Usumcasane:
Bruce Condell
Bajazeth, Emperor of the Turks:
David March
Zabina, his wife:
Sheila Grant
The Soldan of Egypt:
John Gabriel
The King of Arabia:
Denys Hawthorne
The Governor of Damascus:
James Thomason
The Virgin of Damascus:
Jo Manning Wilson

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