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The Man Born to Be King: 1: Kings in Judaea

on BBC Home Service Basic

A cycle of twelve plays by Dorothy L. Sayers
The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
'Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the King, behold there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem....'
[BBC recording]

Contributors

Writer:
Dorothy L. Sayers
Producer:
William Glen-Doepel
Evangelist:
Godfrey Kenton
Herod:
Norman Scace
Ephraim:
Rolf Lefebvre
Proclus:
Humphrey Morton
Caspar:
Norman Shelley
Melchior:
Godfrey Quigley
Balthazar:
Gabriel Woolf
Mary:
Beth Boyd
Joseph:
Garard Green
Shepherd's wife:
Vivienne Chatterton
Zillah:
Patricia Leventon
Other parts played by:
Jane Wenham
Other parts played by:
Peter Bartlett
Other parts played by:
John Boxer
Other parts played by:
Wilfrid Carter
Other parts played by:
Frederick Treves
Other parts played by:
Timothy Harley
Other parts played by:
Ralph Truman
Other parts played by:
Fraser Kerr
Other parts played by:
John Ruddock
Other parts played by:
Gordon Faith
Other parts played by:
Molly Rankin

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