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Tis Pity She's a Whore

Compassionate and disturbing, John Ford's great story of doomed love between brother and sister. Stars Jessie Buckley. 17th-century classic infused by gothic rock music and blues.

Compassionate and disturbing, John Ford's great story of doomed love between a brother and sister in this new, visceral production for radio, intercut with the music of Jimi Hendrix and Nick Cave.

Annabella ..... Jessie Buckley,
Giovanni ..... Damien Molony
Signor Florio ..... Niall Buggy,
Putana ..... Fenella Woolgar,
Friar Bonaventura ..... Oliver Cotton.
Lord Soranzo ..... Matthew Pidgeon,
Vasques ...... Enzo Cilenti,
Hippolita ..... Indira Varma.
Grimaldi ..... Gary Duncan,
Cardinal ..... Neil McCaul,
Officer ..... Adam Fitzgerald
Dorando ..... Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong.
The original song - In Deep - composed by Jules Maxwell, and sung by Jessie Buckley, Indira Varma, and Abby Andrews
Introduction by Professor Emma Smith from Hertford College, Oxford.

Adapted and directed by Pauline Harris.

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Jessie Buckley stars in her first radio appearance as Annabella. Credits include War and Peace for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One, The Last Post - Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One and Taboo.
She played Anne Egermann in the West End revival of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music. Buckley played the part of Emily Strong in Rosamunde Pilcher's four-part TV adaptation of her book Shades of Love.
She appeared opposite Jude Law in Michael Grandage's West End production of Henry V at the NoΓ«l Coward Theatre, and played Perdita in the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company's production of The Winter's Tale.

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1 hour, 47 minutes

Last on

Sun 17 Nov 2019 19:30

Broadcasts

  • Sun 7 Jan 2018 21:00
  • Sun 17 Nov 2019 19:30

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