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THE PHILOSOPHER'S DEN

on Third Programme

by Zbigniew Herbert
Translation by PAUL MAYEWSKI arranged and produced by RAYNER HEPPENSTALL
Music composed and directed by ROBERTOGERHARD
This play by the distinguished Polish poet presents the imprisonment and death of Socrates with modern implications.
Carteton Hobbs as Socrates with Betty Hardy and Robert Eddison
Citizens and disciples
Lewis Wilson , Preston Lockwood Philip Cunningham Martin Starkie Second broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Zbigniew Herbert
Translation By:
Paul Mayewski
Produced By:
Rayner Heppenstall
Unknown:
Carteton Hobbs
Unknown:
Betty Hardy
Unknown:
Robert Eddison
Unknown:
Lewis Wilson
Unknown:
Preston Lockwood
Unknown:
Philip Cunningham
Unknown:
Martin Starkie
Envoy:
Derek Birch
Gaoler:
Ronald Baddiley
Plato:
Robert Eddison
Xanthippe:
Betty Hardy
Crito:
Geoffrey Wincott
Guardian:
Roger Snowdon

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