Nearly 200 years after the event, the organisers of the 1983 Brighton Festival ordered an inquest Into the death of the composer Mozart. Lawyers were briefed, witnesses subpoenaed and a jury summoned.
Tim Rice took his seat in the public gallery to report the proceedings.
Did Mozart die of natural causes, or was he murdered? And if so, by whom? Barristers:
Michael Hutchinson , QC Anthony Arlldge , qc Christopher Moger
Rosamund Horwood-Smart Witnesses:
William Gutteridge
Lisa Harvey , Simon Eliot Matthew Scott. Catherine Paice , Katie Avey
Research and preparation of briefs FRANCIS CARR and SIMON WHITWORTH based on an idea by SIR IAN HUNTER Produced for radio by MAGGIE REDFERN