Louis MacNiece The Dark Tower Richard Burton

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A parable play on the ancient theme of the Quest, suggested by Robert Browning's poem: Dauntless the slug-horn to my lips I set And blew.' (Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came) Written in 1945, Louis MacNeice’s play delves into the trauma of war and the poet’s personal shadows, and was an inspired collaboration with Benjamin Britten. Written and produced by Louis MacNeice Stars Richard Burton
 as Roland Music composed by Benjamin Britten 
The music conducted by Charles Mackerras. CAST: Sergeant Trumpeter:………T. St. John Barry Gavin:………..Desmond Jordan Roland, a child………Douglas Hankin Mother:………Violet Marquesita Tutor:……..Leo McKern Sylvie:……..Jill Raymond Roland:……….Richard Burton Blind Peter:……….Malcolm Graeme Soak:………Robert Farquharson Steward:……..Howard Marion-Crawford Neaera:……..Hedli Anderson Tout:……….Andrew Sachs Priest:……….George Bishop Father:………Laidman Browne Parrot:,,,,,,,,Denise Bryer Clock Voice:………Allan McClelland Poetic drama starring Richard Burton as Roland, tasked with following in his brother's fatal footsteps and seeking out a terror that looms iin the Dark Tower. Written and produced by Louis MacNiece (1907-1963), the poet who worked for the BBC from 1940, creating a series of remarkable radio features. The Dark Tower was his most famous work, first heard on the Home Service in 1946 and produced again in 1956. The music for this programme was specially composed by Benjamin Britten. The work was an allegory concerning fate and free will - the title taken from the Robert Browning poem, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came (which itself was taken from Shakespeare's King Lear, where Edgar proclaims 'Child Rowland to the dark tower came; / His word was still Fie, foh, and fum! / I smell the blood of a British man.') Festival of Radio Drama ' THE DARK TOWER ' First broadcast: Mon 14th May 1956, 21:15 on BBC Home Service Basic RTX First broadcast: Sun 10th Aug 2014, 13:30 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.