Martyn Wade Burn The Aeneid

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Burn the Aeneid! By Martyn Wade What happens if an author gives instructions for his work to be destroyed when he dies? The likely answer is an unholy row. It was even so in 19 BC in Brundisium, southern Italy, at the deathbed of Publius Vergilius Maro, alias Virgil. Varius: Clive Merrison Tucca: Norman Rodway Eros: James Grout Probus: David Horovitch Drusilla: Linda Marlowe Proculus: Jonathan Adams Mucius: John Webb Envoy: Peter Gunn Director: Cherry Cookson Sunday Play Summer Season: Sun 12th Jul 1992 20:50 on BBC Radio 3

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