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The Serpent Son

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

by FREDERIC RAPHAEL and KENNETH MCLEISH starring the leader of the women in a new translation in three parts of The Oresteia of Aeschylus. Play 2: Grave Gifts and THE AMBROSIAN SINGERS chorus-master JOHN MCCARTHY
Music composed by HUMPHREY SEARLE Costume designer BARBARA KIDD Make-up artist JENNY SHIRCORE
Lighting JOHN TREAYS. Sound RAY ANGEL Designer TIM HARVEY
ProducerRICHARD BROKE Directed by BILL BAYS

Contributors

Unknown:
Frederic Raphael
Unknown:
Kenneth McLeish
Chorus-Master:
John McCarthy
Composed By:
Humphrey Searle
Designer:
Barbara Kidd
Artist:
Jenny Shircore
Unknown:
John Treays.
Unknown:
Ray Angel
Designer:
Tim Harvey
Producer:
Richard Broke
Directed By:
Bill Bays
Klytemnestra:
Diana Rigg
Kilissa:
Flora Robson
Orestes:
With Anton Lesser
Elektra:
Maureen O'Brien
Actor:
And Billie Whitelaw
Priestess of Apollo:
Natasha Parry
Second woman:
Sheila Ballantine
Third woman:
Eileen Helsby
Aegisthus:
Terrence Hardiman
Pylades:
Peter MacHin
Apollo:
John Nolan
Priest:
Un Sharp
Doorkeeper:
Alan Halley
Source: Radio Times

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