The Dark Tower is a radio play by Louis MacNeice. It was first broadcast on the BBC Home Service on 21 January 1946^[1]. It is MacNeice's most well-known radio play and is often considered one of the great works of the medium.

PlotEdit

A parable.

CastEdit

• Sergeant-Trumpeter - Harry Hutchinson^[2]
• Gavin - Frank Partington
• Roland - Cyril Cusack
• Mother - Olga Lindo
• Tutor - Mark Dignam
• Sylvie - Lucille Lisle
• Blind Peter - Ivor Barnard
• Soak - Robert Farquharson
• Steward - Howard Marion-Crawford
• Neaera - Vera Maxime
• Ship's Officer - Charles Maunsell
• Priest - Alexander Sarner
• Roland's Father - Laidman Browne
• Parrot - Marjorie Westbury
• Raven - Stanley Groome
• Clock Voice - Duncan McIntyre

• Music composed by Benjamin Britten and conducted by Walter Goehr
• Directed by Louis MacNeice

Critical ReceptionEdit

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ [Drakakis, John (editor). British Radio Drama. Cambridge University Press 1981.]
2. ↑ MacNeice, Louis. The Dark Tower and Other Radio Scripts Faber and Faber 2008