Drama on 3 - Don Quixote, by Thomas D'Urfey

By Thomas D'Urfey. Don Taylor's radio adaptation of a play based on Cervantes's classic picaresque novel, commissioned to mark the 300th anniversary of Purcell's death in 1995. The play, with music by Purcell, Eccles and others, was first performed in 1694. Don Quixote ...... Paul Scofield Sancho Panza ...... Roy Hudd Thomas Betterton ...... Roger Allam Henry Purcell ...... Douglas Hodge Thomas Durfey ...... Bill Wallis Milkmaid ...... Emma Kirkby (soprano) Marcella ...... Evelyn Tubb (soprano) Cardenio ...... David Thomas (bass) Gines ...... Doug Wootton (baritone) Ambrosio ...... Peter Woodward Carrasco ...... Peter Czajkowski Duke ...... Sam Dastor The Host ...... Michael Tudor Barnes The Hostess ...... Kristin Milward Other parts played by Derek Waring, Ian Masters and Jilly bond, with Lucy Skeaping (soprano), the Consort of Musicke, the City Waites and the Purcell Simfony. Additional music by Blaise Compton. Musical director: Anthony Rooley Directed by Don Taylor.