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The second part of the bloody Conquests of mighty Tamburlaine.

With his impassionate fury, for the death of his Lady and love, fair Zenocrate: his form of exhortation and discipline to his three sons, and the manner of his own death.

by Christopher Marlowe

with Stephen Murray and Sheila Allen

Main characters in order of speaking: [see below]
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company

(Joss Ackland broadcasts by permission of the Mermaid Theatre Trust)
(To be repeated on April 12)
See pages 41 and 45

Contributors

Author:
Christopher Marlowe
Unknown:
Music composed and conducted by:
Producer:
Charles Lefeaux
Tamburlaine, King of Persia:
Stephen Murray
Zenocrate, his wife:
Sheila Allen
His sons - Celebinus:
Kenneth Shanley
His sons - Amyras:
Malcolm Terris
His sons - Calyphas:
Timothy Harley
Callapine, Bajazeth's son:
Denys Hawthorne
Almeda, his jailer:
James Thomason
Tamburlaine's followers - Theridamas:
Joss Ackland
Tamburlaine's followers - Usumcasane:
Bruce Condell
Tamburlaine's followers - Techelles:
Tom Watson
The Governor of Babylon:
Arthur Ridley

THE AMBROSIAN SINGERS
PETER GRAEME (oboe) NEILLSANDERS (horn) KENNETH HEATH (cello) ELEANOR WARREN (cello)
RENATA SCHEFFEL-STEIN (harp) SUSAN BRADSHAW (piano) Conducted by MEREDITH DAVIES
VIOLA TUNNARD and MARTIN PENNY (two pianos) conducted by JOHN MCCARTHY

Contributors

Oboe:
Peter Graeme
Cello:
Kenneth Heath
Cello:
Eleanor Warren
Piano:
Susan Bradshaw
Conducted By:
Meredith Davies
Conducted By:
Viola Tunnard

A selection of unpublished poems chosen and introduced by DOROTHY BAKER
Contributors:
Stewart Conn , Karen Gershon Richard Kell , Thomas Kinsella Norman MacCaig Roland Mathias lain Crichton Smith
Terence Tiller , Vernon Watkins
Readers:
Cecile Chevreau
Denys Hawthorne , Hugh Dickson

Contributors

Introduced By:
Dorothy Baker
Unknown:
Stewart Conn
Unknown:
Karen Gershon
Unknown:
Richard Kell
Unknown:
Thomas Kinsella
Unknown:
Norman MacCaig
Unknown:
Roland Mathias
Unknown:
Crichton Smith
Unknown:
Terence Tiller
Readers:
Vernon Watkins
Readers:
Cecile Chevreau
Readers:
Denys Hawthorne
Readers:
Hugh Dickson

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