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Edinburgh International Festival: A Life in the Sun

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An excerpt.
A new play by Thornton Wilder.
A special performance before an invited audience
From the stage of the Assembly Hall, Edinburgh.
The action of the play takes place in the rear court of the Palace of Admetus, King of Thessaly.

Contributors

Writer:
Thornton Wilder
Stage Producer:
Tyrone Guthrie
Television presentation:
James Buchan
Apollo:
Michael David
Death:
John Kidd
A watchman:
Laurence Hardy
Alcestis:
Irene Worth
Agiaia:
Madeleine Christie
Teiresias:
Geoffrey Dunn
The boy:
David Gloag
Admetus:
Robert Hardy
A herdsman:
Philip Guard
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