A Quiet Night in Naples
Country boy Andreuccio comes to Naples to buy a horse. If only life in Naples were so straightforward. Stars Gunnar Cauthery.
Terry Jones introduces a final tasty Renaissance tale.
The 100 stories which make up Giovanni Boccaccio’s humane and comic masterpiece, come from all over the world.
They are vividly reset by Boccaccio among the flourishing merchant classes in the cities of Renaissance Italy. But their witty, satirical, bawdy voice sounds utterly modern, and their subjects - love, fate, sex, religion, morality - are universal.
“Adventures which end in triumph.”
Country boy Andreuccio comes to Naples to buy a horse. If only life in Naples were so straightforward.
Andreuccio ..... Gunnar Cauthery
Filomena ..... Roslyn Hill
Scarabone ..... Shaun Mason
Neighbour ..... David Acton
Ludo ..... Paul Heath
Bruno ..... Ian Conningham
Sister Lisa ..... Elaine Claxton
Sister Donna ..... Hannah Genesius
Music arranged and performed by Robert Hollingworth and Paula Chateauneuf.
Lyric translations by Silvia Reseghetti
Script consultant: Guyda Armstrong
Produced and directed by Jonquil Panting.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in December 2014.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Writer | Giovanni Boccaccio |
| Adaptor | Robin Brooks |
| Performer | Robert Hollingworth |
| Performer | Paula Chateauneuf |
| Andreuccio | Gunnar Cauthery |
| Filomena | Roslyn Hill |
| Scarabone | Shaun Mason |
| Neighbour | David Acton |
| Ludo | Paul Heath |
| Bruno | Ian Conningham |
| Sister Lisa | Elaine Claxton |
| Sister Donna | Hannah Genesius |
| Producer | Jonquil Panting |
| Director | Jonquil Panting |
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