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ALCESTIS

Network Three
on Network Three

A new translation from Euripides by Daryl Hine
Produced by DOUGLAS CLEVERDON
Second broadcast
William Squire is in ' The Prtme of Miss Jean Brodie ' at Wyndbam's Theatre. London
Alcestis was first performed In Athens in 438 B.C. As the fourth of a cycle of four plays, it took the place of a ' satyr-play,' which could mingle tragic diction with colloquialisms. employ riotous characters like the drunken Heracles, and have a happy ending.

Contributors

Unknown:
Daryl Hine
Produced By:
Douglas Cleverdon
Unknown:
William Squire
Unknown:
Miss Jean Brodie
Alcestis:
Janette Richer
Admetus:
William Squire
Eumelus, his son:
Fergus McClelland
Pheres, his father:
Franx Duncan
Apollo:
Denis Goacher
Death:
Allan McClelland
Heracles:
Denis Goacher
The Butler:
Richard Goolden
The Maid:
Carole Boyd
Leader of the Chorus:
Carleton Hobbs
Chorus 2:
Ralph Truman
Chorus 3:
Olive Grego
Source: Radio Times

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