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The Rescue

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

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Part 1 of a poetic drama for broadcasting, based on the story of Homer's "Odyssey" by Edward Sackville-West. Orchestral score by Benjamin Britten. Produced by John Burrell. BBC Symphony Orchestra: conductor, Clarence Raybould.
Part 2 of 'The Rescue' will be broadcast tomorrow night from 9.35 to 10.55 in the Home Service.

Contributors

Writer:
Edward Sackville-West
Music:
Benjamin Britten
Producer:
John Burrell
Phemius, the poet:
James McKechnie
Athene:
Hedli Anderson
A mourner:
Marion Browne
Mentor:
Harcourt Williams
Eurymachus:
Deryck Guyler
Halitherses:
Julian Somers
His wife:
Susan Richmond
Machaon, his son:
Michael Gainsborough
Callidice, his daughter:
Pamela Stirling
Irus:
Esmé Percy
Leodes, a priest:
Reyner Barton
Penelope:
Cathleen Nesbitt
Eurynome, her maid:
Pauline Wynn
Telemachus:
John Byron
Euryclea:
Grace Edwin
Hermes:
Stephen Manton
Coxswain:
Cyril Gardiner
Sailor:
Alan Blair
Sailor:
Alexander Sarner
Sailor:
Bryan Powley
Odysseus:
Dennis Arundell
Apollo:
John Morel
Artemis:
Veronica Mansfield
Source: Radio Times

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