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Money for Old Rope

on BBC Radio 3

A comedy written by PLAUTUS about 200 BC, newly translated by KENNETH MCLEISH with music by CHRISTOS PITTAS Adapted for stereo by RAYMOND RAIKES
The Scene: On the sea-coast of Cyrene in North Africa
Chorus of fishermen and guests

followed by an interlude

Contributors

Author:
null Plautus
Translated by:
Kenneth McLeish
Music:
Christos Pittas
Adapted for stereo by/Producer:
Raymond Raikes
Prologue The Author:
John Rowe
Arcturus, one of the heavenly host:
Michael Kilgarriff
Boatswain:
Geoffrey Beevers
Labrax, a pimp:
Ronald Herdman
Charmides, his unsavoury friend:
John Rowe
Plesidippus, in love with Palaestra:
Leslie Heritage
Palaestra:
Olwen Griffiths
Ampelisca, her friend:
Betty Baskcomb
Sceparnio, a slave of Daetones:
Brian Hewlett
Daemones, an Athenian:
William Fox
Priestess at the Temple of Venus:
Katherine Parr
Trachallo, slave of Plesidippus:
Robin Browse
Gripus, a fisherman, another slave of Daemones:
Edward Kelsey

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