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Drama on 4

Field Notes: The Peregrinations of a Most Musical Irishman

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Alistair McGowan stars in his own new drama about the prodigiously gifted - and prodigiously partying - John Field, the Irish composer and pianist who invented the nocturne.

May 1832 - John Field leaves his Moscow home to begin his first - and last - tour of Europe, taking with him the illegitimate teenage son he barely knows.

Directed by Emma Harding. Show less

Contributors

John Field:
Alistair McGowan
Male Nurse:
Alistair McGowan
Mlle Charpentier:
Charlotte Page
Countess Shumova:
Charlotte Page
Italian Doctor:
Ewan Bailey
Percherette:
Scarlett Brookes
Count Shumov:
Brian Protheroe
Highwayman 1:
Brian Protheroe
Polish Concert Promoter:
Rafael Ferenc
Grace Field:
Susan Jameson
Clementi:
Sean Baker
Mister Rikov:
Sean Baker
Highwayman 2:
Sargon Yelda
French Theatre Manager:
Sargon Yelda
Madame Rikov:
Adie Allen
Concert Promoter:
Nick Underwood
Director:
Emma Harding

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