A sceptical historical romance by Louis MacNeice
The battle of Clontarf was fought in A.D. 1014, just north of Dublin, between the Irish and the Vikings. This is a dramatisation of an odd bit of history. with members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Harp played by Mary Rowland
Music and specially devised sounds by Tristram Cary
Production by Louis MacNeice
This listing contains language that some may find offensive.
Harold Truscott introduces this work to be broadcast in The Saturday Concert at 9.0
Translated and introduced by Geoffrey Bownas
The Manyoshu was the first great anthology of Japanese poetry. Compiled in the latter half of the 8th century A.D., it included poems from as early as the 5th. The poets represented range from emperor, prince, and courtier to fisherman and frontier-guard.
Readers: Nakamura Miyako
Tokugawa Tsunenari
Olive Gregg , Godfrey Kenton
Music composed by Yuize Shinichi and played on two koto by the composer and Nakashima Yasuko
Production by Anthony Thwaite
