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Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes: 2. The Challenge

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2. The Challenge

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

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In this 1615 classic, intrepid Don Quixote is challenged by the Knight of the Mirrors.

In this 1615 classic, intrepid Don Quixote is challenged by the Knight of the Mirrors. Stars Bob Grant and Bernard Cribbins.

The Adventures of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de Ie Mancha by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra. 

The intrepid Don Quixote is challenged by the Knight of the Mirrors. 

Staring Bob Grant and Bernard Cribbins.

Dramatised by John Arden.

Don Quixote .... Bob Grant
Sancho Panza .... Bernard Cribbins
Cervantes .... Ronald Baddiley
Father Perez .... David Sumner
Barber-Surgeon .... Peter Wheeler
Housekeeper .... Kathleen Helme
Duke .... Russell Dixon
Teresa Panza .... Paula Tilbrook
Altisidora .... Harriet Walter
Scholar .... Malcolm Hebden
Puppet Master .... Ken Campbell
Duchess .... Judith Arthy
Veiled Lady .... Anne Reid
Steward .... John McGregor
Antonia .... Kate Lee
Samson .... Stephen Boxer

Music composed by Stephen Boxer. 

Director: Alfred Bradley 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1980.

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Cervantes' classic novel, adapted by John Arden with Bob Grant and Bernard Cribbins

Cervantes' classic novel, adapted by John Arden and starring Bob Grant and Bernard Cribbins

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