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A dramatic cantata by Vaughan Williams after Bunyan's
' Pilgrim's Progress'
Ten sopranos and eight contraltos from the London Chamber Singers
London Chamber Orchestra
Conductor, Anthony Bernard
The Reader, John Chandos
Produced by Maurice Brown

Contributors

Unknown:
Vaughan Williams
Conductor:
Anthony Bernard
Reader:
John Chandos
Produced By:
Maurice Brown
First shepherd:
Arthur Reckless (baritone)
Second shepherd:
William Herbert (tenor)
Third shepherd:
George James (bass)
Pilgrim:
George Pizzey (baritone)
The celestial messenger:
Steuart Wilson(tenor)
Voice of the bird:
Eileen McLoughlin (soprano)

Arranged for broadcasting and introduced by M.R. Ridley
[Starring] David King-Wood, Leon Quartermaine, Baliol Holloway, and Lewis Casson
Fanfares and incidental music composed and directed by Antony Hopkins
Produced by Val Gielgud
The play will be broadcast in two parts with an interlude of music

Contributors

Fanfares and incidental music composed and directed by:
Antony Hopkins
Producer:
Val Gielgud
King Richard II:
David King-Wood
Uncles to the King - John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster:
Baliol Holloway
Uncles to the King - Edmund of Langley Duke of York:
Lewis Casson
Henry Bolingbroke:
Leon Quartermaine
Duke of Aumerle:
David Tree
Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk:
Hugh Manning
Earl of Salisbury:
Richard Scott
Lord Berkeley:
Richard Williams
Servants to King Richard - Bushy:
Lionel Stevens
Servants to King Richard - Bagot:
Charles Lefeaux
Servants to King Richard - Green:
John Barron
Earl of Northumberland:
Laidman Browne
Henry Percy (Hotspur):
Peter Mullins
Lord Ross:
Philip Knox
Lord Willoughby:
Felix Irwin
Bishop of Carlisle:
Peter Creswell
Abbot of Westminster:
Arthur Keane
Sir Stephen Scroop:
Roger Delgado
Sir Pierce of Exton:
Leonard Sachs
Queen Isabella:
Rachel Gurney
A lady:
Claire Bloom
Duchess of York:
Susan Richards
Welsh captain:
Basil Jones
Keeper:
Lionel Stevens
Groom:
Harry Cooper
Narrator:
Duncan Carse

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