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THE QUEST OF GILGAMESH

BBC Radio 3
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by D. G. Bridson with Howard Marion-Crawford
Inia Te Wiata and Stephen Murray
This dramatic poem is freely based upon the ancient Gilgamesh epic—the oldest surviving epic in the world. It tells the story of Man's continuing Quest for the secret of immortality. It also relates the story of the Flood-in a version which later found its way into the Book of Genesis.
The Storyteller Stephen MURRAY
Music composed and conducted by WALTER GOEHR
Produced by D. G. BRIDSON
* Second broadcast of the 1956 production of the programme originally broadcast in 1954 followed by an interlude at 9.0

Contributors

Unknown:
D. G. Bridson
Unknown:
Stephen Murray
Unknown:
Stephen Murray
Conducted By:
Walter Goehr
Produced By:
D. G. Bridson
Enkidu:
Inia Te Wiata
Gilmesh:
Howard Marion-Crawford
Ishtar:
Margaret Rawlings
Siduri:
Mabel Constanduros
Urshanabi:
Francis de Wolff
Utnapishtim:
Frederick Allen
Source: Radio Times

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