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THE BIRDS

on Network Three

by Aristophanes
A new translation for radio by LEO AYLEN
Music by Guy Halahan with Alfred Marks , Peter Pratt
Murray Melvin , Brian Hewlett Wars, political oppression. risine living costs, the rat race, and high taxes force two town-weary Athenians to escape the pressures of urban life to seek a refuge with the birds. This witty and lyrical comedy won second prize at the feast of the Great Dionysia in Athens in 414 B.C. and is still valid today.
Cast in order of speaking;
Bird-calls by PERCY EDWARDS and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
ORCHESTRA AND
MEMBERS OF THS BBC CHORUS Conducted by LIONEL SALTER Produced by H. B. FORTUIN
Second broadcast
Alfred Marks Is appearing in . Spring and Port Wine , at the New Theatre. London

Contributors

Music By:
Guy Halahan
Unknown:
Alfred Marks
Unknown:
Peter Pratt
Unknown:
Murray Melvin
Unknown:
Brian Hewlett
Unknown:
Percy Edwards
Conducted By:
Lionel Salter
Produced By:
H. B. Fortuin
Crow and Jackdaw:
Percy Edwards
Euelpides:
Murray Melvin
Pisthetairos:
Alfred Marks
Bell-bird:
John Justin
Hoopoe:
Peter Pratt
Nightingale:
Barbara Mitchell
Leader of the birds:
Brian Hewlett
Priest:
Denys Hawthorne
Prophet:
Walter Fitzgerald
Meton:
Frank Henderson
Meton:
Geoffrey Wincott
Decree-seller:
Haydn Jones
Messenger:
Denys Hawthorne
Sentry:
Haydn Jones
Iris:
Barbara Mitchell
Herald:
Leroy Lingwood
Parricide:
Anthony Jackson
Kinesias:
Walter Fitzgerald
Sycophant:
Haydn Jones
Prometheus:
Murray Melvin
Triballos:
Anthony Jackson
Heracles:
John Justtn
Poseidon:
Peter Pratt
Commentator:
Geoffrey Winoott

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