A satyr play in two acts by Paul Claudel translated by NORA RATCLIFF and adapted for radio by Raymond Raikes
Music by ANTONY HOPKINS with John Sharp as Proteus
Fenella Fielding as The nymph
Bryony
Tony Britton as Menelaus June Tobin as Helen
Denys Blakelock as Hyacinth, the satyr major-domo
Chorus of satyrs spoken by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company and sung by the Ambrosian Singers with A Protean Orchestra conducted by the composer
Scene: The island of Naxos. ' somewhere between Crete and Egypt for the moment.' '
Produced by RAYMOND RAIKES
Third broadcast