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Shelley's Hellas
The first production of PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY'S last completed work
Edited by JUDITH ciiernaik
Original music by DAVID cain
Istanbul 1821. The Sultan has despatched the full power of Turkish arms to quell the popular uprisings in Greece against Turkish rule. But, a secret admirer of Western Liberalism, Mahmud suffers from a premonition that the ideal of Liberty will triumph and that he is to be the last great Sultan of the crumbling Ottoman Empire.
The production was full of felicities ... A first-rate radio occasion. (THE LISTENER) Phantom of Mahomet If
HECTOR ROSS with CHRISTOPHER BIDMEAD
DOUGLAS BLACKWELL. SHIRLEY
DfXON. EVA HADDON, WXl.TER HALL STEVE HODSON , CLIFFORD NORGATE MARGARET ROBERTSON
Produced and directed by JOHN theocharis

Contributors

Edited By:
Judith Ciiernaik
Music By:
David Cain
Unknown:
Hector Ross
Unknown:
Christopher Bidmead
Unknown:
Douglas Blackwell.
Unknown:
Steve Hodson
Unknown:
Clifford Norgate
Unknown:
Margaret Robertson
Directed By:
John Theocharis
Mahmud II:
Paul Daneman
Hassan:
David Neal
Ahasuerus:
Malcolm Hayes
Source: Radio Times

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