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Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

2. The Challenge

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 7Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

The Adventures of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de Ie Mancha by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra.

The intrepid Don Quixote is challenged by the Knight of the Mirrors.

Staring Bob Grant and Bernard Cribbins.

Dramatised by John Arden.

Don Quixote .... Bob Grant
Sancho Panza .... Bernard Cribbins
Cervantes .... Ronald Baddiley
Father Perez .... David Sumner
Barber-Surgeon .... Peter Wheeler
Housekeeper .... Kathleen Helme
Duke .... Russell Dixon
Teresa Panza .... Paula Tilbrook
Altisidora .... Harriet Walter
Scholar .... Malcolm Hebden
Puppet Master .... Ken Campbell
Duchess .... Judith Arthy
Veiled Lady .... Anne Reid
Steward .... John McGregor
Antonia .... Kate Lee
Samson .... Stephen Boxer

Music composed by Stephen Boxer.

Director: Alfred Bradley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1980. Show less

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