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World Theatre THE 'ELECTRA'

on BBC Home Service Basic

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of Euripides
Translated and adapted for broadcasting by Gilbert Murray who has recorded a short introductory talk
, and a section of the BBC Women's Chorus
Music composed and conducted by Dennis Arundell
Produced by Peter Watts

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
Gilbert Murray
Conducted By:
Dennis Arundell
Produced By:
Peter Watts
A peasant:
Stephen Jack
Electra:
Joan Hart
Orestes:
Peter Coke
An old man:
Baliol Holloway
Clytemnestra:
Catherine Salkeld
A messenger:
Allan Cuthbertson
Castor:
Valentine Dyall
The Leader of the Chorus:
Molly Rankin
Chorus of Women of Argos:
Margaret Chisholm
Chorus of Women of Argos:
Ann Codrington
Chorus of Women of Argos:
Dorothy Green
Chorus of Women of Argos:
Patricia Hilliard
Chorus of Women of Argos:
Mary Kenton

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