Christopher Columbus is a radio play by Louis MacNeice, a remake of the original production from 1942. It was first broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 22 December 1992.
Plot[]
Originally written in 1942, this new version commemorates the 500th anniversary of Columbus' voyage.
Cast[]
- Christopher Columbus - Alan Howard
- Beatriz Enríquez de Arana - Hannah Gordon
- Queen Isabella - Elizabeth Bell
- Prior Juan Perez - Robert Eddison
- Tallavera - Michael Aldridge
- Faith - Jill Balcon
- Doubt - Brian Sanders
- Jose/Louis - Ronald Herdman
with
- Timothy Bateson
- John Moffatt
- Richard Pearce
- Mark Straker
- Eric Allan
- Rebecca Jones
- Brett Usher
- David Bannerman
- Michael Kilgarriff
- Elizabeth Mansfield
- Nigel Carrington
- Fraser Kerr
- Gary Todd
- Godfrey Kenton
- Music by William Walton and Simon Joly, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Directed by Ian Cotterell