''Carver'' is a
radio drama
Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, radio theatre, or audio theatre) is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine ...
by the Scottish composer and writer
John Purser
John Purser (born 1942) is a Scottish composer, musicologist, and music historian. He is also a playwright.cover notes from ''Scotland's Music'' CD
Purser was born in Glasgow. He initiated the reconstruction that commenced in 1991 of the Iron ...
about the 16th century Scottish composer
Robert Carver. It premiered on
BBC Radio 3 on 31 March 1991,
in a production recorded on 2 December 1990, produced by Stewart Conn and with music by the
Taverner Consort
The Taverner Choir, Consort and Players is a British music ensemble which specialises in the performance of Early and Baroque music. The ensemble is made up of a Baroque orchestra (the Players), a vocal consort (the Consort) and a Choir. Perform ...
conducted by
Andrew Parrott. It won a
Giles Cooper Award
The Giles Cooper Awards were honours given to plays written for BBC Radio. Sponsored by the BBC and Methuen Drama, the awards were specifically focused on the script of the best radio drama produced in the past year. Five or six winners were chos ...
.
Premiere cast
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Peter Hickey
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Tom Fleming
*James Bryce
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Anne Kristen
Anne Kristen (7 March 1937 – 7 August 1996) was a Scottish actress, best known for portraying Olive Rowe in ''Coronation Street''. Her longest-lasting role was as Miss Meiklejohn in '' Hamish Macbeth''. She also appeared in ''Wings'' as Moll ...
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Gary Bakewell
Gary Bakewell (born December 1968) is a Scottish television actor who is best known for his role as Paul McCartney in the film ''Backbeat''.
As well as twice portraying Paul McCartney (in ''Backbeat'' and ''The Linda McCartney Story'') he has ap ...
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Iain Agnew
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Hilary Maclean
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Benny Young
Robert "Benny" Young is a Scottish film, television and stage actor.
In 2009, Young toured with the National Theatre of Scotland production ''Be Near Me''.
In 2013 Young appeared in the West End production of '' The Resistible Rise of Ar ...
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Anne Lacey
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Kenneth Glenaan
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Stuart Bowman
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Stevie Hannan
Notes
Plays based on actual events
British radio dramas
1991 radio dramas
Scottish plays
Plays set in Scotland
Plays based on real people
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