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Alcestis

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by EURIPIDES translated by WILLIAM ARROWSMITH and When the gods demand
Admetos' death, his wife Alcestis offers herself in his place.
This, the earliest of Euripides' known plays, has a mixture of styles that more resembles
Shakespeare's romances than the work of contemporary Greek tragedians.
Music by HARVEY BROUGH and JEREMY TAYLOR
Directed by PENNY GOLD

Contributors

Translated By:
William Arrowsmith
Music By:
Harvey Brough
Music By:
Jeremy Taylor
Directed By:
Penny Gold
Admetos:
Roger Allam
Alcestis:
Alison Fiske
Apollo:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Death:
Philip Sully
Maid:
Caroline Gruber
Herakles:
Struan Rodger
Pheres:
Peter Howell
Old Servant:
Michael Graham-Cox
Chorus:
Christopher Scott
Chorus:
Maggie McCarthy
Chorus:
Jane Clarke
Chorus:
Zelah Knowles
Source: Radio Times

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