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THE GOLDEN AGE Sunday Play: The Golden Ass

BBC Radio 3
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Continuing a season of plays with classical themes, this comedy is the first of two collections of stories dramatised by Peter Mackie from Lucius Apuleius 's The Golden Ass. Here Lucius is turned into an ass by a misplaced spell.
Director Philip Martin

Contributors

Dramatised By:
Peter MacKie
Unknown:
Lucius Apuleius
Director:
Philip Martin
Lucius:
Richard Griffiths
Charite:
Claire Faulconbridge
Goddess:
Claire Faulconbridge
Granny:
Gillian Goodman
first wife:
Gillian Goodman
Fotis:
Charlotte Martin
Thrasyllus:
Terry Molloy
Manager:
Terry Molloy
Pythias:
Terry Molloy
Barbarus:
Andy Hockley
first guest:
Andy Hockley
Alcimus:
Andy Hockley
Meroe:
Andy Hockley
Babalus:
Hu Pryce
Auctionner:
Hu Pryce
Traveller:
Hu Pryce
Councilor:
Hu Pryce
Old man:
Geoff Serle
Father:
Geoff Serle
Priest:
Geoff Serle
Thyasus:
Geoff Serle
Aristomenes:
Tim Brierley
Cook:
Tim Brierley
Bailiff:
Tim Brierley
Dfemochares:
Alan Meadows
Philo:
Alan Meadows
Demeas:
Alan Meadows
Boy:
Richard Allenson
Diophanes:
Richard Allenson
Chryseroa:
Rob Swinton
Eunuch:
Rob Swinton
second guest:
Rob Swinton
Pamphile:
Avril Clark
Lady:
Avril Clark
second wife:
Avril Clark
Source: Radio Times

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