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Whose Is the Kingdom?

on BBC Radio 3

A sequence of nine plays about Church and State under the Roman Empire by JOHN ARDEN and MARGARETTA DARCY with and 1: The Cross of Light
AD 305: the Roman Empire, vast, unwieldy, divided into four huge regions, cannot hold safe the border nor drive down dissent. Constantine, Emperor of the West, prepares his work of unification.
Other parts played by MICHAEL DEACON. JULIE BERRY
ZELAH CLARKE and STEVE HODSON
Music composed and conducted by STEPHEN BOXER
Performed by the CONCHORD ENSEMBLE and LONDON VOICES Produced and directed by RONALD MASON (R)
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Contributors

Unknown:
John Arden
Unknown:
Margaretta Darcy
Played By:
Michael Deacon.
Played By:
Julie Berry
Played By:
Zelah Clarke
Played By:
Steve Hodson
Conducted By:
Stephen Boxer
Directed By:
Ronald Mason
Kybele, philosopher:
Elizabeth Spriggs
the Emperor Constantine:
Michael N Harbour
Bishop Hosius:
Timothy West
the Empress Fausta:
Samantha Bond
Semiramis, Fausta's slave-woman:
Souad Faress
Melantho, an African:
Cassie McFarlane
Joachim, a Christian Roman soldier:
Stephen Boxer
Mary, a Christian Evangelist:
Angela Pleasence
Purveyor:
Paul Sirr
General:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Centurion:
Jonathan Tafler
Treasurer:
Alan Dudley

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