The Duke's Miracle

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Event The Duke's Miracle
Venue NZBC Studios, Wellington, New Zealand
First Date 28 July 1967
Last Date 28 July 1967
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description A play for radio from Browning's 'My Last Duchess'. Set in the Duke's palace at Ferrara, about the beginning of the sixteenth century.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Tim Eliott Actor Duke
Arianthe Garland Actor The Duchess
Peter Gwynne Actor Fra Pandolf
Barry Hill Actor Young Guest
Alan Jervis Actor Fra Lorenzo
Stephen O'Rourke Actor Lodowick
Peter Read Actor The Alchemist
Jeremy Stephens Actor Older Guest
Peter Vere-Jones Actor The Envoy
David Weatherley Actor Giovanni
Michael Woolf Actor Beppo
Roy Leywood Director
Allen Curnow Playwright
Text Nationality New Zealand
Production Nationality New Zealand
Further Information Commisisoned by NZBC. Re-broadcast on 31/12/1967 as 'Play of the Year'. 1968 - 69, translated by the poet Josef Hirsal, and broadcast several times by Prague Radio. (See script for details of cast.).
Event Status Completed
Event Identifier 197193
Dataset Theatre Aotearoa