by Schiller
Translated by S. T. Coleridge
Adapted for broadcasting by Helena Wood
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by Donald McWhinnie and Michael Barkewell
The action begins in General Wallenstein's camp at Pilsen in the year 1634, at the height of the Thirty Years War. The opening sequences of this adaptation incorporate material from Schiller's Piccolomini, the preceding play in the Wallenstein trilogy.
During the interval (4.0-4.15 app.):
Smetana
Symphonic Poem: Wallenstein's Camp played by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Henry Swoboda on gramophone records
