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Afternoon Play: The Ballad of Shane O'Neill

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

Irreverent historical fantasy by Jimmy McAleavey about doomed Irish warlord Shane O'Neill. It's 1558 and O'Neill has the whole of Ulster in his power - until he's drawn away by Elizabeth I's invitation to court.

Contributors

Writer:
Jimmy McAleavey
Producer/Director:
Carol Bayne
O'Neill:
Andrew Scott
The Bard:
Gerard Murphy
Sidney:
David Harewood
Sussex:
Geoffrey Streatfeild
Elizabeth I:
Helen Longworth
Matthew/Sorley boy:
Stephen Hogan
Conn/Sorley's bard:
James Ellis
First lady:
Emily Wachter
Dudley:
Nick Sayce
Source: Radio Times

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