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The Sword in the Stone

Episode 3: Wart and the Hawks

Duration: 25 minutes

First broadcast: on National Programme

Marianne Helweg's adaptation of T H White's novel. Featuring music composed by Benjamin Britten and performed by the BBC Orchestra/Leslie Woodgate. First transmitted in 1939. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 13 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Home Service BasicLatest broadcast: on Third Programme

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First transmitted in 1946, The Dark Tower is a parable play on the ancient theme of the Quest, suggested by Robert Browning's poem Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came. Show more

Contributors

The Mother:
Olga Lindo
The Tutor:
Mark Dignam
Sergeant Trumpeter:
Harry Hutchinson
Blind Peter:
Ivor Barnard
The Stentor:
Laidman Browne
The Steward:
Howard Marion
Crawford Neaera:
Vera Maxime
The Priest:
Alexander Sarner