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Tongues of Fire
David Pownall imagines fireworks between WB Yeats and Sean O'Casey. A Nobel laureate visits Dublin's Abbey Theatre in 1913 and each Irish dramatist suspects the other has an agenda.
Dublin's Abbey Theatre in 1913. W.B. Yeats plans to stage a play by the mystical Bengali poet and Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. But he doesn't reckon on the disruptive antics of the young, ambitious playwright-to-be Sean O'Casey. David Pownall imagines the fireworks between the two legendary Irishmen.
Director ..... Peter Kavanagh.
Last on
Thu 4 Dec 2014
14:15
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Yeats | Dermot Crowley |
| Tagore | Sam Dastor |
| O'Casey | Stephen Hogan |
| Mother | Elaine Claxton |
| Lord Lieutenant | Sam Dale |
| Priest | David Acton |
| Director | Peter Kavanagh |
| Writer | David Pownall |
Broadcast
- Thu 4 Dec 2014 14:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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