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The Damask Drum

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

by YUKIO MISHlMA translated by P.G. oneill
An old man's obsessive love for a beautiful woman becomes a chilling ghost story in Mishima's play about post-war Japan taken from the classical Noh theatre.
Music by DOMINIC MULDOWNEY
Directed by NED CHAILLET (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Yukio Mishlma
Music By:
Dominic Muldowney
Directed By:
Ned Chaillet
Iwakichi:
With Nigel Stock
Hanako:
And Meg Davies
Proprietress:
Anne Jameson
Kayoko/Shop assistant:
Natasha Pyne
Fujima:
George Parsons
Toyama:
David Learner
Kaneko:
John Church
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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