Written and produced by Louis MacNiece (1907-1963), the poet who worked for the BBC from 1940, creating a series of remarkable radio features. The Dark Tower was his most famous work, first heard on the Home Service in 1946 and produced again in 1956. The music for this programme was specially composed by Benjamin Britten. Poetic drama starring Richard Burton as Roland, tasked with following in his brother's fatal footsteps and seeking out a terror that looms iin the Dark Tower. The music conducted by Charles Mackerras. Written in 1945, Louis MacNeice’s play delves into the trauma of war and the poet’s personal shadows, and was an inspired collaboration with Benjamin Britten. A parable play on the ancient theme of the Quest, suggested by Robert Browning's poem:Īnd blew.' (Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came)
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