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Peter Roberts - Holy Fool

Chivalrous or just crazy? The story of William the Marshall with a real-life Don Quixote and his cohort. Stars Michael Williams. From October 1993.

Living a glorious, chivalrous dream - or just crazy?

A knight errant sails through a series of adventures involving the greatest figures in the medieval world. The story of William the Marshall - with a real-life Don Quixote and his cohort.

Peter Roberts's drama stars Michael Williams as Jean d'Erlee, William Chubb as William Marshal, Garard Green as Henry II, Christopher Scott as Henry FitzHenry, Martin Head as Richard Lionheart, Francis Thomson as the Poet, Susan Jeffrey as Isabella Chepstow,

Other parts played by Tom Roberts, Simon Carter, Graham Padden and Neal Foster.

Directed at Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Pebble Mill by Nigel Bryant.

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in 1993.

1 hour, 30 minutes

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