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Delia is credited with Autocrats, an Arts & Education Feature for radio directed by Michael Rolfe, whose tape's catalogue entry is dated April 1971.[1]

The non-profit non-commercial, listener-sponsored Seattle radio station KRAB.FM lists, in its programme guide for April 1974,[2] on Sunday 28th[3] at 7:30:

THE AUTOCRATS BY PAUL D'ANDREA -
This play is based on an actual incident
recorded in 1720, when a ship from
Beirut was refused admission to the
port of Cagliari in Sardinia.  The
Viceroy of the port refused to grant
admittance, giving as a reason a dream
he had had of a ship carrying the
plague.  In the words of D'Andrea,
“...the play concerns an executive
intellect being confronted with a
manifestation of insurrection.”  Direct-
ed by Michael Rolfe of the BBC with
three of the BBC's finest actors: David
Brierley as the Adjutant; Garard Green
as St. Remys; Jumoke Debayo as Palla. 

Nothing in the Radio Times listings matches this. Michael Rolfe is credited with producing some radio programmes for Schools in 1971-2, mostly Stories and Rhymes for 7-9 year olds,[4] while David Brierly and Garard Green act in Rolfe's Orange-Coloured Holiday Show broadcast on 27 December 1971.[5]

Availability

  • Does not seem to have been broadcast by the BBC.
  • Broadcast on KRAB.FM, Seattle on 18th April 1974 at 7:30pm.[2]
  • The BBC Sound Archive's tape TRW 7379 is missing.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 The Tape Library List's entry for TRW 7379.
  2. 2.0 2.1 KRAB.FM's programme listing for April 1974.
  3. The 28th April 1974 was indeed a Sunday.
  4. [http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?adv=1&order=asc&q=%22Michael+Rolfe%22&yf=1971&yt=1972 Search results for "Michael Rolfe" on the BBC Genome Project.
  5. Orange-Coloured Holiday Show on the BBC Genome Project.