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Pliny is invited to the Palatine, where he finds out to his horror just how much the Emperor Domitian knows about him. By Hattie Naylor.

Pliny feels under threat from the Emperor Domitian more than ever when he is invited to the Palatine, and the room where the Emperor tortures flies. Meanwhile, Marcella has a new slave, Sextus, who has supplanted Venta in Marcella's affections. By Hattie Naylor, based on real events in first century Rome.

Pliny the Younger . . . Kieran Hodgson
Venta . . . Nigel Barrett
Marcella . . . Joanna Scanlan
Emperor Domitian/Sextus . . . Ewan Bailey
Tacitus/Regulus . . . Matthew Gravelle

Music composed and performed by Pete Flood (percussion) with Laura Cannell (recorder, crumhorn), Rhodri Davies (Harp) and Paul Sartin (Oboe, Cor Anglais)

A 麻豆社/Cymru Wales production, directed by Kate McAll.

15 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Pliny the Younger Kieran Hodgson
Venta Nigel Barrett
Marcella Joanna Scanlan
Emperor Domitian Ewan Bailey
Sextus Ewan Bailey
Tacitus Matthew Gravelle
Regulus Matthew Gravelle
Director Kate McAll
Writer Hattie Naylor

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  • Thu 18 Jan 2018 10:45
  • Thu 18 Jan 2018 19:45

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