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THE ANGER OF ACHILLES

on Network Three

An epic for radio by Robert Graves from his translation of Homer's Iliad
Music by ROBERTO GERHARD with Robert Hardy Denis Quilley and Maurice Denham
BBC WOMEN'S CHORUS
Conductor, PETER GELLHORN
BBC WELSH ORCHESTRA Conductor, RAE JENKINS
Produced by RAYMOND RAIKES Scene: A Greek Courtyard Time: 650 B.C.
Second broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Graves
Music By:
Roberto Gerhard
Unknown:
Robert Hardy
Unknown:
Denis Quilley
Unknown:
Maurice Denham
Conductor:
Peter Gellhorn
Produced By:
Raymond Raikes
A Herald:
Bruce Beeby
A King:
William Fox
Phemias, son of Homer;a Bard:
Denis Quilley
Chryses, Priest of Apollo:
James Thomason
Agamemnon High King of Greece:
Maurice Denham
Achilles, Prince of Phthia:
Robert Hardy
Calchas, Prophet with the Greek Army:
Norman Claridge
Athene, Goddess of Wisdom daughter of Zeus:
Jill Balcon
Nestor, aged king of Pylus:
Norman Shelley
Thetis, a Sea-goddess, mother of Achilles:
Molly Rankin
Zeus, Father of the Gods:
Francis de Wolff
Hera, Mother of the Gods, wife of Zeus:
Isla Cameron
Hephaestus, the Smith-god, son of Hera:
Fraser Kerr
Morpheus God of Sleep:
Ralph Truman
False Dream:
Jo Manning Wilson
Paris, Prince of Troy:
Trader Faulkner
Menelaus, King of Sparta:
John Boxer
Hector, Commander-in-Chief of the Trojans:
Gabriel Woolf
Aphrodite Goddess of Love:
Christina Gray
Helen, wife of Menelaus:
Jane Wenham
Hecuba, mother of Hector of Troy:
Olga Lindo
Odysseus, King of Ithaca:
John Slater
Diomedes, King of Argos and Tiryns:
Alan Haines
Poseidon God of the Sea:
Bruce Beeby
Patroclus, Achilles' best friend:
Kevin Flood
Priam King of Troy:
Peter O'Shaughnessy

Network Three

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