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The Elephant Plays: King Priam

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by Andrew RissikThe second of three play based on an illustration on page 23.
It is ten years since the Trojan prince, Paris, stole Helen from the King of Sparta and the long and wasteful war that followed is still no nearer its conclusion.
(Stereo)
(Final play: "A Slight Case of Gratitude" by John Graham on Thursday at 3.00 pm)

Contributors

Writer:
Andrew Rissik
Music:
David Chilton
Music:
Nick Russell-Pavier
Directed by:
Jeremy Mortimer
Priam, King of Troy:
Paul Scofield
Hector, his elder son:
Ronald Pickup
Andromache, Hector's wife:
Susan Fleetwood
Paris, Priam's younger son:
Michael Kitchen
Cassandra, Priam's daughter:
Deborah Makepeace
Menelaus, King of Sparta:
George Baker
Helen, his estranged wife:
Janet McTeer
Achilles, the Greek champion:
Michael Pennington
[Other parts]:
members of the BBC Radio Drama Company
Source: Radio Times

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