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THE GOLDEN AGE Sunday Play: The Symposium

on BBC Radio 3

by Plato. A dialogue on the nature of love, in a translation by Tom Griffith. "Friends of the tragic poet Agathon celebrate his success at the drama festival. After the carousals, a few exhausted intimates dine together again the following night and decide to entertain themselves with talk rather than drink. The subject is
Eros, and the lively evening develops into a series of brilliant speeches in praise of the god of love".
PAUL GREGORY , STEVEN HARROLD
PETER CRAZE . RICHARD PEARCE
JOHN SAMSON , WILLIAM SIMONS Music composed and conducted by Christos Pittas.
Performed by Julian Coward ,
Roland Gallery , Anne Collis and Jay Godgrace
Adapted and directed by John Theocharis

Contributors

Translation By:
Tom Griffith.
Unknown:
Paul Gregory
Unknown:
Steven Harrold
Unknown:
Peter Craze
Unknown:
Richard Pearce
Unknown:
John Samson
Unknown:
William Simons
Conducted By:
Christos Pittas.
Unknown:
Julian Coward
Unknown:
Roland Gallery
Unknown:
Anne Collis
Directed By:
John Theocharis
Socrates:
Leo McKern
Aristophanes:
Martin Jarvis
Alabiades:
Paul Shelley
Agathon:
Robert Daws
Pausanias:
John Rye
Eryximachus:
Michael Deacon
Phaedrus:
Steve Hodson
Arisodemus:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Servant:
Richard Tate
Revelers:
David Goodland

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