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Afternoon Play: The Prince

on BBC Radio 4 FM

By Niccolo Machiavelli, dramatised by Peter Wolf.
With Ciaran Hinds as Niccolo.

This classic 16th-century treatise on the nature of power and statecraft is performed for the first time as a monologue with dramatised illustrations.
Machiavelli, often identified as Satan, uses his brilliance and cunning to explain how power can be created and sustained.

Contributors

Author:
Niccolo Machiavelli
Dramatised by:
Peter Wolf
Director:
Cherry Cookson
Niccolo:
Ciaran Hinds
The Prince:
Christopher Godwin
Louis:
Philip Voss
Severus:
Stephen Critchlow
Oliverotti:
Scott Handy
Giovanni:
John Rowe
[Actor]:
Chris Kelham
[Actor]:
Tom George
[Actor]:
Gavin Muir

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