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Afternoon Theatre: Triad: 3: The Prisoners in the Cave

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Three plays by Simon Raven about Athens during the Peloponnesian Wars, 5th c BC

Contributors

Writer:
Simon Raven
Producer:
Archie Campbell
Alexander:
Paul Daneman
Alcibiades:
Michael Spice
Socrates:
Denys Blakelock
Timon, an Athenian merchant:
Ralph Truman
Xenophon:
Christopher Bidmead
Timaea, Queen of Sparta:
Margaret Wolfit
Endios, a Spartan ephor:
Geoffrey Wincott
Ganymede, a Spartan ship-master:
Victor Lucas
Tissaphernes, a Persian satrap:
Heron Carvic
Peisander, an oligarch:
Rolf Lefebvre
Darius, Great King of Persia:
Denis McCarthy
Hermes, a eunuch:
Andrew Sachs
Thrasybulos, an Atheniangeneral:
John Pullen
Timandra, a whore:
Jan Edwards
Source: Radio Times

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