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Radio 4,14 Nov 2022,44 mins

SeriesThe 5000

Bread, Fish and Dancing

Drama on 4

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By Sebastian Baczkiewicz Three plays about the feeding of the five thousand and the personal and political fallout from this extraordinary event. Is it a political act? A rebellion? A festival? Five thousand people are dancing on the hillside. What do they want? How can the state deal with those who seek to threaten it? Is Rome going to react to these events? Who can make sense of the impossible? Episode One – Bread, Fish and Dancing In Herod’s palace suspicion is rife, young people have gone missing and Salome is in meltdown following an extraordinary murder. Gaius ….. Robin Laing Matt/Zachary ….. Stuart McQuarrie Dan ….. Andy Clark Sarah ….. Maggie Service Herod ….. Robert Jack Asher ….. Michael Moreland Salome ….. Hiftu Quasem Herodius ….. Nicole Cooper Joe-Joe ….. Kyle Gardiner Directed by Gaynor Macfarlane

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