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by William Shakespeare with the members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Music composed by Geoffrey Wright
Produced by Peter Watts
DURING THE INTERVAL (9.5-9.15 app.)
A gramophone record of the second movement of Bliss's Music for Strings, played by the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by the composer

Contributors

Unknown:
William Shakespeare
Composed By:
Geoffrey Wright
Produced By:
Peter Watts
PROLOGUE:
George Hagan
TROILUS, young son to Priam, king of Troy:
John Scott
PANDARUS, uncle to Cressida:
Carleton Hobbs
AENEAS, a Trojan noble:
Godfrey Kenton
CRESSIDA, daughter to Calchas:
Denise Bryer
ALEXANDER, her man:
Richard Williams
Bor, page to Troilus:
Nicky Edmett
AGAMEMNON, leader of the Greeks:
Jeffrey Segal
ULYSSES, king of Ithaca:
John Glen
MENELAUS, king of Sparta, husband to Helen:
John Cazabon
NESTOR, an old king:
Stephen Jack
THERSlTES, a scurrilous Greek:
Malcolm Hayes
Ajax, a Grecian lord:
Francis de Wolff
ACHILLES, a Grecian lord in dudgeon:
Trevor Martin
PATROCLUS, his friend:
David March
PRIAM, king of Troy:
Eric Anderson
HECTOR, his eldest son:
Valentine Dyall
HELENUS son to Priam, a priest:
Frederick Treves
CASSANDRA, a prophetess, daughter to Priam:
Beryl Calder
PARIS, son to Priam:
John Westbrook
Diomed, a Grecian lord:
John Hollis
HELEN, wife to Menelaus:
Jane Jordan Rogers
CALCHAS, father to Cressida a priest:
Wilfrid Grantham
ANDROMACHE, wife to Hector:
Molly Rankin
MARGARELON, a bastard son to Priam:
Rolf Lefebvre

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More