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Don Quixote, By Thomas D'urfey

Series 1, episode 0

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. Paul Scofield (Don Quixote), Roy Hudd (Sancho Panza), Roger Allam (Thomas Betterton), Douglas Hodge (Henry Purcell), Bill Wallis (Thomas Durfey), Emma Kirkby, soprano (Milkmaid), Evelyn Tubb, soprano (Marcella), David Thomas, bass (Cardenio), Doug Wootton, baritone (Gines), Peter Woodward (Ambrosio), Peter Czajkowski (Carrasco), Sam Dastor (Duke), Michael Tudor Barnes (The Host), Kristin Milward (The Hostess). 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.