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Sunday Play

on BBC Radio 3

Christopher Columbus A new production of Louis MacNeice's epic verse play and its original score by William Walton. Act 1
BBC Singers and SO conductor Simon Joly
8.40 Not Too Bad Really Dallas Bower , producer of the original 1942 broadcast, talks to Carole Rosen.
8.45 Act 2
Music producer John Evans Director Ian Cotterell

Contributors

Unknown:
William Walton.
Conductor:
Simon Joly
Unknown:
Dallas Bower
Unknown:
Carole Rosen.
Producer:
John Evans
Director:
Ian Cotterell
Columbus:
Alan Howard
Beatriz:
Hannah Gordon
Queen Isabella:
Elizabeth Bell
Voice of Doubt:
Brian Sanders
Voice of Faith:
Jill Balcon
Bartolomé:
Mark Straker
Francisco:
Eric Allan
Carlos:
David Bannerman
Brother Pedro:
Richard Pearce
Prior Juan Perez:
Robert Eddison
Brother Antonio:
Brett Usher
Herald:
Michael Kilgarriff
Talavera:
Michael Aldridge
Duke of Medina-Sidonia:
Timothy Bateson
Duke ofMedina-Celi:
Fraser Kerr
Mendoza:
John Moffatt
Marquesa de Moya:
Elizabeth Mansfield
Maria, a waiting woman:
Rebecca Jones
Town Crier:
Nigel Carrington
Luis:
Ronald Herdman
Gutierrez:
Gary Todd
MartinPinzon:
Brett Usher
Hidalgo:
Godfrey Kenton

BBC Radio 3

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