The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen

An obsessed emperor demands to hear the beautiful song of a nightingale.

But then he receives something even better...

David Wade's drama based on the fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen.

The Emperor .... John Pullen
The Nightingale .... Elizabeth Proud
Royal Gardener .... Carleton Hobbs
Imperial Orator .... Peter Woodthorpe
High Minister .... Garard Green
Dowager Empress .... Margot Boyd
Mei Hua .... Helen Worth
Death .... Jack May
Physician .... Michael Deacon
Watchmaker .... David Graham
Song of the Nightingale .... Percy Edwards

Producer: Graham Gauld

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1975.