The Moving and the Still is a radio play by Howard Barker. It was first broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 17 October 2004[1].
Plot[]
A monastery in 1450. A young scribe, the finest calligrapher of his generation, greater even than John of Damascus or Ionides of the Feathered Style, is passionately committed to his art. Then a printing press arrives in his scriptorium from Germany.
Cast[]
- Hoik ...... Chris Moran
- Slee ...... Neil Dudgeon
- Mother ...... Lesley Manville
- Tram ...... John Wood
- November ...... Anton Lesser
- Hergood/ Clerk ...... Damian Lynch
- Light ...... Declan Wilson
- Toonelhuis ...... John Rowe
- Signor/Confessor ...... Vincenzo Nicoli
- Directed by Peter Kavanagh