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The Princely Pleasures at Kenilworth

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by DEREK WILSON
In July 1575 Robert Dudley ,
Earl of Leicester, entertained Queen Elizabeth I and her court for 18 days. This was
Dudley's final attempt to woo the Queen. The greatest poets were commissioned to write verses and pageants and the finest musicians got no rest.
No one was in any doubt as to the political undercurrent ot the event, but in the meantime all enjoyed it.
Songs arranged and accompanied by JOHN BULL Technical presentation by ANTHONY CHERRY
Directed by MARGARET WINDHAM
(Revised repeat) Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Wilson
Unknown:
Robert Dudley
Accompanied By:
John Bull
Directed By:
Margaret Windham
Robert Laneham:
Peter Woodthorpe
Katherine:
Carole Boyd
Anthony Forster:
Peter Acre
Sir Piers Machyn/Captain Cox:
Bernard Brown
Deepdesire:
John Bull
Sybil HELEN:
Atkinson Wood
Hercules/Sylvanus:
Stephen Thorne
Wildman:
William Eedle
Lady of the Lake:
Ellen McIntosh
Robert Dudley/Arion:
David Timson
Source: Radio Times

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