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An attempt at reconstructing the plot of the Isthmiastai, one of the two known satyr-plays of Aeschylus by Bruno Snell
Professor of Classical Philology at Hamburg University
During the last twenty years more and more fragments of this play and of Aeschylus's Diclyoulcoi or Net-Fishers, which were found in Egypt, have been published by Edgar Lobel in The Oxyrhynchus Papyri.
' The twofold emancipation of tragedy,' said Professor Snell in his book The Discovery of the Mind, * both from the reality of. what is represented and from the ritual occasion, turns drama into " play," which is clearly shown even in the development of the satyr-play.'

Contributors

Unknown:
Bruno Snell
Unknown:
Edgar Lobel

A chronicle of the development of English drama from its beginnings to the 1580s
Arranged for broadcasting and introduced by John Barton
Production by Raymond Raikes
2-Mystery Plays:
The Old Testament
' The Creation and Fall of Man'
(Continued in next column)
' Noah's Flood'
' Abraham and Isaac '
Music composed by Elizabeth Poston played by the Goldsbrough Orchestra conducted by Douglas Robinson
Full details of the thirteen programmes in the series are contained in The First Stage, a handbook by John Barton , which may be obtained through newsagents and booksellers or post free by crossed postal order for 2s. 6d. from BBC Publications, [address removed]

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Barton
Production By:
Raymond Raikes
Composed By:
Elizabeth Poston
Conducted By:
Douglas Robinson
Unknown:
John Barton
Prologue:
Carleton Hobbs
Deus:
Deryck Guyler
Adam:
John Glen
Eve:
Mary O'Farrell
Satan:
Anthony Jacobs
The Angel:
Godfrey Kenton
Noah:
John Laurie
The Angel:
Godfrey Kenton
Satan:
Anthony Jacobs
Noah's wife:
Mary O'Farrell
Shem:
John Glen
Ham:
John Forrest
Japhet:
Allan McClelland
Shem's wife:
Annette Kelly
Ham's wife:
Betty Linton
Japhet's wife:
Janette Richer
Deus:
Deryck Guyler
Abraham:
Howard Marion-Crawford
Isaac:
John Forrest
The Angel:
Godfrey Kenton
Expositor:
Carleton Hobbs

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