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THE 30s Sunday Play: The Ascent of F6

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A tragedy in verse and prose by W H Auden and Christopher Isherwood , with music by Benjamin Britten. This famous collaboration, part Boys' Own story, part mystical experience, was written and is set in 1936. Directors Glyn Dearman and John Evans (First broadcast in 1988)

Contributors

Unknown:
H Auden
Unknown:
Christopher Isherwood
Music By:
Benjamin Britten.
Directors:
Glyn Dearman
Directors:
John Evans
Michael Ransom:
Mick Ford
Mrs Ransom:
Patricia Routledge
Sir James Ransom:
Jeremy Child
Mr A:
Bernard Hepton
Mrs A:
Polly James
Lord Stagmantle:
Peter Jeffrey
Abbot:
Robert Eddison
Lady Isabel Welwyn:
Emily Richard
David Gunn:
Stephen Rashbrook
Ian Shawcross:
Julian Firth
General Dellaby-Couch:
Garard Green
Dr Williams:
William Simons
Edward Lamp:
David Learner
Announcer:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Source: Radio Times

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