The Daughter of the Sea

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David Calcutt - The Daughter of the Sea

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A fisherman falls in love with a woman who was once a seal.  She agrees on one condition.

A fisherman wants to marry a woman who was once a seal. She agrees, on one condition. Stars Mary Wimbush and Stephen Tomlin.

A seal leaves the ocean and turns into a woman. Fisherman Ishmael falls hopelessly in love. 

She agrees to marry him - on one condition.

Adapted from traditional sources by David Calcutt.  

Old Woman …. Mary Wimbush
Girl …. Susan Mann
Ishmael …. Stephen Tomlin
Seal-Woman …. Moir Leslie
Noah …. Jonathan Wyatt (
Jacob …. Gerry Hinks 

Seal-woman's song by Sue Harris

Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Nigel Bryant

First broadcast in Thirty Minute Theatre on BBC Radio 4 in September 1993.

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