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Drama on 3: Fuente Ovejuna

on BBC Radio 3

By Lope de Vega, adapted by Adrian Mitchell.

A powerful drama about a village taking its destiny into its own hands against a tyrannical overlord despite the consequences. Based on a true event in the 15th-century Spain of Ferdinand and Isabella.

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Contributors

Writer:
Lope de Vega
Adapter:
Adrian Mitchell
Music:
Malcolm Atkins
Guitar:
Hugh Burns
Producer:
Nicolas Soames
Director:
David Timson
Commander Fernando Gomez de Guzman:
Brian Cox
Laurencia:
Maxine Peake
Esteban:
Clive Swift
Captain Flores:
Jonathan Keeble
Sergeant Ortuno:
Martin George
Pascuala:
Alison Pettitt
Frondoso:
Carl Prekopp
Mengo:
Stephen Critchlow
Barrildo:
Peter Kenny
Alonso:
Hugh Dickson
Leoneto:
Benjamin Soames
Oueen Isabella:
Clare Corbett
King Ferdinand:
Andrew Wincott
Don Manrique:
Stephen Thorne

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