22:15

The Dark Tower

Duration: 1 hour, 13 minutes

Mon 4^th Nov 1946, 22:15 on Third Programme

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First transmitted in 1946, The Dark Tower is a parable play on the ancient theme of the Quest, suggested by Robert Browning's poem Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came. Show more

Contributors

Writer:: Louis MacNeice
Producer:: Louis MacNeice
Composer:: Benjamin Britten
Roland:: Cyril Cusack
The Mother:: Olga Lindo
The Tutor:: Mark Dignam
Sylvie:: Lucille Lisle
Sergeant Trumpeter:: Harry Hutchinson
Gavin:: Frank Partington
Blind Peter:: Ivor Barnard
The Soak:: Robert Farquharson
The Stentor:: Laidman Browne
The Steward:: Howard Marion
Crawford Neaera:: Vera Maxime
The Priest:: Alexander Sarner

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