by PAUL THOMPSON after ALFRED DE MUSSET with music composed and conducted by Stephen Oliver with Florence 1536 suffers every aspect of political oppression.
The soldier enforces peace, the cardinal seeks political solutions, merchants grumble, trying to make ends meet, while the banker feels a period of repressive government will facilitate recovery. Even the artist is compromised by his commissions from a ruler in love with his assassin. Only murder makes ends meet....
Man/Scoronconcolo. JOHN GRILLO with the AMBROSIAN SINGERS and MEMBERS OF THE RADIO
DRAMA COMPANY
Technical presentation by PETER NOVIS and TIM ROBINSON Directed by MARGARET WINDHAM