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The Dark Tower

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 1 hour, 13 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Home Service BasicLatest broadcast: on Third Programme

Available for over a year

First transmitted in 1946, The Dark Tower is a parable play on the ancient theme of the Quest, suggested by Robert Browning's poem Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came. It was written and produced by Louis MacNeice, with music specially composed by Benjamin Britten, and played by an ad hoc orchestra conducted by Walter Goehr. Show less

Contributors

The Mother:
Olga Lindo
The Tutor:
Mark Dignam
Sergeant Trumpeter:
Harry Hutchinson
Blind Peter:
Ivor Barnard
The Stentor:
Laidman Browne
The Steward:
Howard Marion
Crawford Neaera:
Vera Maxime
The Priest:
Alexander Sarner
Source: BBC Online

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