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01/12/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, Prayer Mask

By David Pownall. Explorer Richard Burton travels to Mecca, disguised as pilgrim.

David Pownall's play about the explorer Richard Burton who in 1853 disguised himself as an Afghani pilgrim and undertook an undercover expedition to Mecca.

Prayer Mask
By David Pownall

JOSEPH FIENNES stars as the young Lieutenant Richard Burton who in 1853 disguised himself as an Afghani pilgrim and undertook an expedition to Mecca. His aim was to explore the Holy of Holies. He chronicles this journey fraught with dangers and misadventure. But can he hide his identity from his two young guides? 

Lieutenant Richard Burton .... Joseph Fiennes
Mohammed............... Akbar Kurtha
Nur.......................... Rasmus Hardiker
Wali..................... Paul Rider
Larking.................... Roger Hammond
Kaaba official............ Inam Mirza
Surgeon.................... Jonathan Tafler
Mohammed's mother ... Natasha Pyne

Director..... Peter Kavanagh.

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