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Stephen Haggard as Marco Polo in 'MESSER MARCO POLO'

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A romance, adapted for broadcasting by W. A. B. Iliff and Peter Creswell from the novel by Donn Byrne , with music specially composed by Richard Addinsell
Persons in the Story : also Tavern revellers, Heralds, Princes, the Keeper of the Drums, etc. The action begins in Venice in the thirteenth century, then moves through the Great Desert to the court of Kubla Khan at Zanadu in Cathay, and covers a period of seventeen years
Production by Peter Creswell

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Broadcasting By:
W. A. B. Iliff
Broadcasting By:
Peter Creswell
Novel By:
Donn Byrne
Composed By:
Richard Addinsell
Unknown:
Kubla Khan
Production By:
Peter Creswell
First Narrator (Malachi of the Long Glen), who tells the story:
Tyrone Guthrie
Second Narrator (Brian):
Clive Baxter
Marco Polo, a young Venetian:
Stephen Haggard
Nicolo Polo, his father:
Bryan Powley
Matteo Polo, his uncle:
Edgar Norfolk
A Sea-Captain from China:
Valentine Dyau
Kubla, the Great Khan:
Leslie Perrins
Li Po, a poet:
Bruce Winston
Tung Chih, a magician:
Ivor Barnard
Princess Golden Bells, daughter of the Great Khan:
Lyn Neilson
Source: Radio Times

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