of Euripides
Translated by Philip Vellacott Music composed and conducted by John Hotchkis
Radio adaptation and production by Raymond Raikes
(Continued in next column) and with a section of the BBC Chorus
Scene: Before the royal palace at Troezen, where Theseus is spending a year of voluntary exile to atone for bloodshed
The Hippolytus was first acted at Athena in 428 B.C., when Euripides gained first prize at the Great Dionysia.