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David Calcutt - The Daughter of the Sea
A fisherman wants to marry a woman who was once a seal. She agrees, on one condition. Stars Mary Wimbush and Stephen Tomlin.
A seal leaves the ocean and turns into a woman. Fisherman Ishmael falls hopelessly in love.
She agrees to marry him - on one condition.
Adapted from traditional sources by David Calcutt.
Old Woman 鈥�. Mary Wimbush
Girl 鈥�. Susan Mann
Ishmael 鈥�. Stephen Tomlin
Seal-Woman 鈥�. Moir Leslie
Noah 鈥�. Jonathan Wyatt (
Jacob 鈥�. Gerry Hinks
Seal-woman's song by Sue Harris
Directed at 91热爆 Pebble Mill by Nigel Bryant
First broadcast in Thirty Minute Theatre on 91热爆 Radio 4 in September 1993.
Last on
Mon 30 May 2022
00:30
91热爆 Radio 4 Extra
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- Sun 16 Oct 2016 18:0091热爆 Radio 4 Extra
- Mon 17 Oct 2016 00:0091热爆 Radio 4 Extra
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