Tamburlaine the Great

Christopher Marlowe

BBC Radio

 

Production Information

 

BBC Radio, 25th September 1993

 

“In Christopher Marlowe’s majestic verse epic, Michael Pennington stars as the Scythian shepherd who calls himself ‘The Scourge of God’ and conquers half the world.”

 

Cast

 

Tamburlaine                         Michael Pennington

Zenocrate                              Samantha Bond

Theridamas                           Clive Rowe

Techelles                               Louis Hilyer

Usumcasane                          Peter Guinness

Bajazeth/

Orcanes                      Rudolph Walker

Mycetes/

Calyphas                   Timothy Walker

Callapine/King

Of Arabia                   Sean Baker

Amyras                                  David Thorpe

Celebinus                              Michael Onslow

Soldan/governor

of Babylon                 Frank Grimes

Cosroe/Sigismund/

Captain                      Stephen Tindall

Zabina/Olympia/

Meander/Gazellus  Joanna Foster

 

With                                       John Evitts                 Gareth Armstrong

                                                Steve Hodson           Dominic Letts

                                                James Taylor             James Telfer

                                                Rachel Atkins           Theresa Gallagher   

 

 

Director                                  Michael Fox                                                             

                                   

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