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By Nigel Holloway |
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| Charles Arne | Kevin Welch |
| Count Alessandro di Cagliostro / Jailer | Kevin Morgan |
| Michael Arne | Steve Davies |
| Doctor, Priest | Roger Thomas |
| Lord Balmoral | Howard Turnbull |
| Susannah Cibber | Ellie Hoare |
| Elizabeth Wright | Ciara Charnley |
| Ann Venables, Mary | Lorna Welch |
| Thomas Arne, Bailiff | Nick Pratt |
| David Garrick, Irish Doctor | Tim Brown |
| Count de St Germain | Mike Gaccon |
| Manservant | Nigel Holloway |
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| Producer & Director | Nigel Holloway |
 Podcast |
Synopsis
Skin is a one act play about the central mystery in the life of musician Michael Arne, the legitimate son of Thomas Arne, the famous eighteenth century composer of Rule Britannia and God Save the Queen.
Despite his successful musical career, Michael Arne became obsessed with alchemy, the search for the Philosopher's Stone and the Elixir of Life - so obsessed, in fact, that it lead him to the debtors' prison, and the death of his first wife.
He recovered from this disastrous setback, going on to conduct the first performance of Handel's Messiah in the composer's native country of Germany. He remarried, and despite his previous experiences, turned once more to the study of alchemy.
What forced this successful, intelligent man to repeat his previous mistakes, only to die and leave his second wife in poverty?