People Everywhere Will Sing

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By Sarah Wooley. Starring Oliver Ford Davies. It's 1951. After the death of his wife, and approaching eighty, Ralph Vaughan Williams launches himself into a new life, determined to live it on his own terms. Frustrated by the traditional image that’s been thrust upon him, when he’s asked to compose something for the Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, he decides on a radical plan... A play about Vaughan Williams's relationship with his reputation, with his loyal lover, Ursula, and with the royal event that would usher in the modern age. Vaughan Williams .... Oliver Ford Davies Ursula Wood .... Fenella Woolgar William McKie .... Ewan Bailey Ozzie Peasgood .... Robert Daws Miss Lethbridge .... Georgie Lomax Ford Woman at the opera .... Rebecca Crankshaw Man at the opera .... Roger Ringrose Archbishop Fisher .... David Hounslow Sir Ernest Bullock .... David Hounslow Stanley Roper .... Roger Ringrose James Wilkinson ... Himself Sound: Keith Graham, Jenni Burnett, Peter Ringrose Production Co-ordinator: Gaelan Connolly Writer: Sarah Wooley Director: Abigail le Fleming