Drama on 3

Juno and the Paycock

BBC Radio 3

Duration: 2 hours

First broadcast: Sun 16^th Nov 2014, 22:00 on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: Sun 27^th May 2018, 19:30 on BBC Radio 3

Alfred Hitchcock so loved Sean O'Casey's Abbey theatre play he adapted and filmed it. A Dublin tenement family nearing destitution get wind of an inheritance. Show more

Contributors

Writer:: Sean O'Casey
Juno Boyle:: Sorcha Cusack
Captain Boyle:: Stanley Townsend
Joxer Daly:: John Kavanagh
Mary Boyle:: Beth Cooke
Johnny Boyle:: Rory Fleck Byrne
Charles Bentham:: Ruairi Conaghan
Maisie Maidgan:: Michele Moran
Mrs Tancred:: Marcella Riordan
'Needle' Nugent:: Stephen Hogan
Furniture Man:: David Cann
Neighbour:: Craige Els
Neighbour:: Scarlett Brookes
Director:: Peter Kavanagh

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Drama on 3

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Drama on 3

The Plough and the Stars

BBC Radio 3

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 4^th Dec 2011, 20:30 on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: Sun 23^rd Nov 2014, 22:00 on BBC Radio 3

Sean O'Casey's classic play about the impact of the 1916 Easter Rising on a group of ordinary Dublin tenement dwellers depicts a city and a nation in turmoil. Show more