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The Devils

on BBC Radio 4 FM

by JOHN WHITING. based on the book by ALDOUS HUXLEY
Grandier, a liberal sensualist priest, is destroyed by his enemies; and by a Nun, Sister Jeanne , who names Grandier as the cause of her apparent demonic possession.
The action of the play takes place In and near the town of Loudun between 1623 and 1634. Adapted for radio and directed by MARTIN JENKINS
(Peter Jeffrey and Michael Bryant are National Theatre players; Nigel Stock is in 'Stage Struck' at the Vaudeville Theatre, London)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Whiting.
Book By:
Aldous Huxley
Unknown:
Sister Jeanne
Directed By:
Martin Jenkins
Unknown:
Peter Jeffrey
Fr Urban Grandier:
Michael Bryant
Sr Jeanne:
Sarah Badel
Fr Barré:
Peter Jeffrey
Phillipe Trincant:
Angela Pleasence
D'Armagnac, the Governor:
Nigel Stock
Fr Mignon:
Cyril Luckham
Mannoury, a surgeon:
Nigel Anthony
Adam, a chemist:
Tony Robinson
Guillaume De Cerisay,the Chief Magistrate of Loudun:
John Rye
Sewerman:
Ronald Herdman
Louis Trincant, the Public Prosecutor/Fr Ambrose:
Martin Friend
Ninon, a young widow:
Lolly Cockerell
De La Rochepozay, Bishop of Poitiers:
Robert Eddison
Fr Rangier:
Gordon Dulleu
Cardinal Richelieu/Clerk of the Court.:
Peter Baldwin
delaubardemont:
Danny Schiller
Sr Claire:
Rowena Roberts
Sr Louise:
Jenny Twigge
Sister Gabrielle:
Josie Kidd
Prince Henri DeCondé:
John Rowe
Bontemps, a gaoler:
Brian Haines

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