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Drama on 3

Lorca's Rural Trilogy

Episode 3: Blood Wedding

Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

An atmospheric re-working by Ted Hughes of Lorca's evocative meditation on fate, war, tradition, passion and repression. Inspired by the true story of a fatal feud between two families in the Almeria province, high in the mountains of rural Spain.

The third play in Radio 3's broadcast of Federico García Lorca's "Rural Trilogy" from 1930s Spain. This production of Blood Wedding was first broadcast in 2008 and won the Sony Award for best drama that year. Show less

Contributors

Adaptor:
Ted Hughes
Mother of Bridegroom:
Barbara Flynn
Bridegroom/Woodcutter:
Carl Prekopp
Leonardo:
William Ash
Leonardo's Wife/Girl:
Andrea Riseborough
Father of Bride:
David Fleeshman
Beggar Woman/Neighbour:
Mary Cunningham
Servant/Mother-in-Law:
Ellie Haddington
Woodcutter:
Sam Curtis
Woodcutter:
Chris Hannon
Little Girl:
Daisy Jones
Composer:
Matthew Wood

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