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Sacking

on BBC Radio 3

by IAN WEIR withand
In this, his first play for radio, the author, a Canadian student. lightheartedly imagines a meeting between Attila the Hun and Alaric the Visigoth. Attila - en route to sack Italy - has journeyed some considerable distance out of his way with a larger travelling retinue than Is strictly necessary to visit his ' old friend ' Alaric. Alaric has difficulty in finding out why, precisely, his old friend should wish to see him.
Villagers CHRISTINE
ABSALOM, SPENCER BANKS, NICHOLAS COURTNEY ,
JANE KNOWLES , CRAWFORD LOGAN. CHRISTOPHER SCOTT , MICHAEL SPICE, THERESA STREATFEILD , DAVID TIMSON , PATIENCE
TOMLINSON CHRISTOPHER PAGE (lyre)
Directed by GLYN DEARMAN (Michael Bryant is a National Theatre player)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian Weir
Unknown:
Nicholas Courtney
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Jane Knowles
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Christopher Scott
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Theresa Streatfeild
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David Timson
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Tomlinson Christopher
Directed By:
Glyn Dearman
Directed By:
Michael Bryant
Alaric the Visigoth:
Michael Bryant
Attila the Hun:
Glyn Owen

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