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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
And a chorus of fishermen and guests
Producer RAYMOND RAIKES followed by an interlude

Contributors

Written By:
Plautus
Translated By:
Kenneth McLeish
Music By:
Christos Pittas
Unknown:
Raymond Raikes
Producer:
Raymond Raikes
Prologue The Author,:
John Rowe
Arcturus, one of the heavenlyhost ..:
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 Daemones:
Brian Hewlett
Daemones, an Athenian:
William Fox
Priestess at the Temple of VenUS:
Katherine Parr
Trachalio, slave of Plesidippus:
Robin Browne
Gripus, a fisherman, another slave of Daemones:
Edward Kelsey

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