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by Aristophanes
Translated and adapted for broadcasting by Gilbert Murray.
[Starring] Michael Shepley, Denys Blakelock, and Milton Rosmer

Contributors

Author:
null Aristophanes
Translated and adapted by:
Gilbert Murray
Music composed by:
Antony Hopkins
Producer:
Val Gielgud
The god Dionysus:
Michael Shepley
Xanthias, his slave:
Eliot Makeham
Aeschylus:
Milton Rosmer
Euripides:
Denys Blakelock
Hercules:
Andrew Churchman
Pluto:
Michael Hordern
Charon:
Frank Cochrane
Aeacus, house porter to Pluto:
Ernest Sefton
A corpse:
Charles Maunsell
A maidservant of Persephone:
Jean Brown
A landlady in Hades:
Vivienne Chatterton
Plathane, her servant:
Lucille Lisle
Hierophant:
Raf de la Torre
A chorus of Frogs:
Betty Baskcomb
A chorus of Frogs:
Vanessa Thornton
A chorus of Frogs:
Olive Gregg
A chorus of Frogs:
Joan Clement Scott

in Greek
With the music of Walter Leigh. Acted by members of Cambridge University and recorded from the Arts Theatre, Cambridge. Musical Director, Robin Orr , organist of St. John's College. Scenes introduced by the producer, J. T. Sheppard , Provost of King's College. Presented for radio by Raymond Raikes
Repeat next Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Walter Leigh.
Organist:
Robin Orr
Producer:
J. T. Sheppard
Unknown:
Raymond Raikes

Third Programme

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