Dragon

Dragon is a radio play by Don Haworth. It was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 08 January 1982. The running time is 90 minutes.

Plot

A world shared by men and a sentient species of dragons. Includes an alternative version of the 'George & The Dragon' story, this time told from the dragons' perspective, and with a very different result.

Cast

• George - Robert Stephens
• Thesaurus - Alan Bennett
• The King - Cyril Shaps
• The Queen - Pauline Letts
• Amalric - David Timson
• The Narrator, Alcuin - Stephen Thorne
• Young Alcuin - Jill Lidstone
• Torin - Elizabeth Lindsay
• Felice - Jane Rosamund
• Gaila - Kathryn Hurlbutt
• Sybil - Christine Absalom
• The Priest - Alan Dudley
• Phippa - Sonia Fraser
• Harold - Alexander John
• Kaylor - John Rye
• Balyn - Michael Spice
• Amic - John Hollis
• Ponds - Hadyn Wood
• Gwendal - Stephen Garlick

Other warriors & dragons:

• John McAndrew
• Joe Dunlop
• Aleric Cotter

• Technical Team - David Greenwood, Anne Hunt, and Donald McLeod.
• Music and effects by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
• Directed by Richard Wortley

Critical Reception

"Beguiling"