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Donald Wolfit in 4 OEDIPUS AT COLONUS

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by Sophocles
Translated by E. F. Watling
Music by Anthony Bernard
Radio adaptation and production by Raymond Raikes
with the London Chamber Singers and the London Chamber Orchestra
(Leader, Andrew Cooper .)
Conductor, Anthony Bernard
The ' Oedipus at Colonus ' was probably first produced in Athens in 401 B.C., after the poet's death.
(Godfrey Kenton is appearing in The Young Elizabeth' at the Criterion Theatre, London)

Contributors

Translated By:
E. F. Watling
Music By:
Anthony Bernard
Production By:
Raymond Raikes
Leader:
Andrew Cooper
Conductor:
Anthony Bernard
Unknown:
Godfrey Kenton
Oedipus, formerly king of Thebes:
Donald Wolfit
Antigone, his younger daughter:
Hermione Hanner
A countryman of Colonus (the messenger):
Deryck Guyler
Ismene, elder daughter of Oedipus:
Janet Burnell
Theseus, king of Athens:
Michael Hordern
Creon, regent of Thebes:
Anthony Jacobs
Polynices, son of Oedipus:
David Peel
Villagers of Colonus (the Chorus)::
Ralph Truman,
Villagers of Colonus (the Chorus)::
Godfrey Kenton,
Villagers of Colonus (the Chorus)::
Frederick Allen,
Villagers of Colonus (the Chorus)::
Richard Williams,
Villagers of Colonus (the Chorus)::
Cyril Shaps,

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