Amadeus [Drama On 3]

Peter Shaffer's award-winning play combines fiction and history to detail the final years of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Antonio Salieri, an older composer, propelled by jealousy, plots the tragic downfall of his brilliant rival.

Sir Peter Hall's production, first broadcast in 1983 and recorded with the original National Theatre cast, is being repeated as part of Radio 3's 'Genius of Mozart' season.

Antonio Salieri - Paul Scofield

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Simon Callow

Constanze Mozart - Felicity Kendall

Joseph II - John Normington

Gottfried Baron Van Sweiten - Nicholas Selby

Count Franz Orsini Rosenberg - Willoughby Goddard

Johann Killian Von Strack - Basil Henson

Venticelli - Donald Gee, Dermot Crawley

Citizens of Vienna - Nigel Bellairs, Susan Gilmore, Peggy Marshall, Robin Meredith, Anne Sedgwick, William Sleigh, Glenn Williams

Directed by Peter Hall

Producer David Spenser.

Peter Hall's 1983 version of Peter Shaffer's award-winning play Amadeus.