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The Sunday Play: The Life of Galileo

on BBC Radio 3

By Bertolt Brecht.
Richard Griffiths plays Galileo in David Hare 's intimate version of the play, commissioned by the Almeida Theatre. Brecht revised his original version in the 1940s to reflect growing concerns about the moral responsibility of scientists. The action starts in Padua, in 1609. . Music by Jonathan Dove
Director Janet Whitaker Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Griffiths
Unknown:
David Hare
Music By:
Jonathan Dove
Director:
Janet Whitaker
Andrea. aged 10:
Daniel Worters
Andrea, aged 24:
Stephen Tompkinson
Virginia:
Natasha Pyne
Signora Sarti:
Jill Graham
Old Cardinal:
Maurice Denham
Inquisitor:
John Moffat
Cardinal Baberini:
Bernard Hepton
Cardinal Bellamin:
David Collings
Little Monk:
Mark Lambert
Federzoni:
George A Cooper
Philosopher:
Peter Howell
Mathematician:
Ian Masters
Sagredo:
Gavin Muir
Ludovico:
Andrew Branch
Chancellor:
Derek Waring
Vanni:
Michael Tudor-Barnes
Cosimo, aged 9:
Benjamin Guy
Cosimo, aged 33:
Jonathan Keeble
Monk:
Oliver Senton
Boy singer:
Connor Burrowes

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