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The Monday Play: The Peacock's Tail

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Alan Howard plays Paracelsus, a mountebank who was yet a physician centuries ahead of his time; a professor who debunked universities; a chemist who claimed to have turned lead into gold; a womaniser; and a wanderer who probed the ambiguous frontiers of modern science. The play is set in Basel around 1527, at the peak of his tempestuous career.
Written by Mark Barratt.
Director John Theocharis. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Howard
Written By:
Mark Barratt.
Director:
John Theocharis.
Old Oporinus:
Godfrey Kenton
Erasmus:
Joseph O'Conor
Von Liestal:
David Neal
Young Oporinus:
Robert Daws
Johannes Froben:
Ian Lindsay
Anna Froben:
Joanna Myers
Dr Rubner:
James Greene
Dr Jerrichower:
Timothy Bajeson
Dr Futz:
Ronald Herdman
Mother:
Danielle Allan
William:
Richard Pearce
Source: Radio Times

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