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Drama on 4: Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke: Beginnings

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Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke

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Five plays reimagine Jesus's story through the eyes of those who witnessed it.

With the disciples paralysed by Jesus's death, Mary ponders the mystery of his birth. Stars Tom Goodman-Hill and Peter Firth.

While the disciples are paralysed by Jesus? death, Mary ponders the mystery of his birth.

Over the Easter season, Nick Warburton's five plays reimagine Jesus' story through the eyes of those who witnessed it.

Jesus.......................Tom Goodman-Hill
Peter.......................Peter Firth
Mary.......................Penelope Wilton
Magdalene.......................Lorraine Ashbourne
Angel.......................Julian Bleach
Simeon.......................David de Keyser
Joanna.......................Rachel Atkins
Joseph of Arimathea.......................Ben Onwukwe
Young Mary.......................Laura Molyneux
Cleopas.......................Sam Pamphilon


Music by David Pickvance.
Director: Jonquil Panting

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007.

Drama on 4: Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke

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Plays imagining the story of Jesus through the eyes of those who witnessed it

Plays by Nick Warburton imagining the story of Jesus through the eyes of those who witnessed it

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