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Sunday Play: Vlad the Impaler

BBC Radio 3
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Marin Sorescu's play, adapted for radio by Richard Crane, and starring John Hurt, continues the-short Terrible Tyrants season of despot dramas.

Romania is in crisis. The Turkish army has reached the Danube. The "enemy within" is destroying the fabric of the state. Will Prince Vlad's domestic policy pull the country together? Two impaled victims, a Christian and a Muslim, assess his chances.
Beggars: Steve Hodson , Keith Dnnkel , Annette Badland and Peter Gunn
Policemen: Philip Anthony , Jonathan Tafler and Steve Hodson
Director Faynia Williams

Contributors

Author:
Martin Sorescu
Adapted by:
Richard Crane
Director:
Faynia Williams
Vlad:
John Hurt
Romanian:
Stephen McGann
Turk:
Andrew Sachs
Papuc:
Roy Hanlon
Dan the Pretender:
Anthony Head
Tenea:
Philip Anthony
Painter:
Victor Spinetti
Time traveller:
Paul Copley
Domnica:
Siriol Jenkins
Whore:
Annette Badland
Turkish envoys:
Bhasker Dhirendra
Dragavei:
Peter Gunn
Beggar:
Steve Hodson
Beggar:
Keith Drinkel
Beggar:
Annette Badland
Beggar:
Peter Gunn
Policeman:
Philip Anthony
Policeman:
Jonathan Tafler
Policeman:
Steve Hodson
Source: Radio Times

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