11— ' At the House of Euripides' by Frederic Manning
Arranged for broadcasting and produced by Rayner Heppenstall
A number of critics regard the late Frederic Manning's Scenes and Portraits as one of the true classics of our time. An earlier broadcast in the ' Imaginary Conversations ' series. 'The Jesters of the Lord.' was also taken from this little-known book.
' At the House of Euripides ' is in a form similar to Plato's ' Symposium. The central figure is the sophist Protagoras (' sophist '-a word which has acquired an unattractive sound since Plato's time-was. in fact. merely the Athenian name for a professional teacher). The fate of Protagoras. recounted here. foreshadows that of Socrates