Good Friday 1663 (Original title)
Date: 12 March 1995 (Television)Country: United KingdomDirector: Frank Cvitanovich
Synopsis: TV opera. As Parson Snakepeace delivers his doom and gloom sermon on Good Friday, 17-year-old Belinda reflects on the past - of meeting handsome Celadon and their tryst being discovered and being banished to Suffolk to marry uncouth Squire Clodpoll. But she vows to remain in good spirits. Note: all the parts are sung by Kate Westbrook, except Parson Snakepeace (Simon Grant). This is the last of the six Channel 4 commissioned operas.
Subjects: Opera, Opera
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TV Transmissions
Date: 12 March 1995Broadcast channel: Channel FourCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:00-22:00Runtime: 52 mins Network - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Date: 12 March 1995 (Television)Country: United KingdomDirector: Frank Cvitanovich
Synopsis: TV opera. As Parson Snakepeace delivers his doom and gloom sermon on Good Friday, 17-year-old Belinda reflects on the past - of meeting handsome Celadon and their tryst being discovered and being banished to Suffolk to marry uncouth Squire Clodpoll. But she vows to remain in good spirits. Note: all the parts are sung by Kate Westbrook, except Parson Snakepeace (Simon Grant). This is the last of the six Channel 4 commissioned operas.
Subjects: Opera, Opera
Series title:
TV Transmissions
Date: 12 March 1995Broadcast channel: Channel FourCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:00-22:00Runtime: 52 mins Network - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Credits
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Production Company: Cvitanovich Films Ltd, Production Company: Channel Four, Producer: Peter Jaques, Librettist: Helen Simpson, Author of the original short story: Helen Simpson, Photography: Jim Howlett, Editor: Paul Endacott, Music: Mike Westbrook, Music: Kate Westbrook, Sound: Sandy Macrae
Cast
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Kate Westbrook (Voices), Trilby James (Belinda), Simon Grant (Parson Snakepeace), Geoffrey Hughes (Squire Clodpoll), John Savident (Sir Portly Spatchcock), Julie Legrand (Aunt Champflower), Jay Simon (Celadon), Christopher Staines (Rhodophil), Elizabeth Fitzherbert (Myrtilla)