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The Dark Tower

Duration: 1 hour, 13 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

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

The Mother:
Olga Lindo
The Tutor:
Mark Dignam
Sergeant Trumpeter:
Harry Hutchinson
Blind Peter:
Ivor Barnard
The Stentor:
Laidman Browne
The Steward:
Howard Marion
Crawford Neaera:
Vera Maxime
The Priest:
Alexander Sarner

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