Video Player is loading.

Up next


The Anger of Achilles by Robert Graves

Old Tube Radio 98
Old Tube Radio 98 - 240 Views
10
240 Views
Published on 30 Jun 2023 / In Entertainment

A BBC Radio dramatization by the noted historical novelist Robert Graves of his translation of Homer's Iliad.

Phemias, son of Homer; a bard ... Denis Quilley
Agammemnon, King of Mycenae ... Maurice Denham
Achilles ... Robert Hardy
Menelaus, King of Sparta ... John Boxer
Odysseus, King of Ithaca ... John Slater
Diomedes, King of Argos ... Alan Haines
Patroclus ... Kevin Flood
Priam, King of Troy ... Peter O'Shaughnessy
Hector, Prince of Troy/Talthybius, Herald to the Greeks ... Gabriel Woolf
Paris, Prince of Troy/Son of Nestor ... Trader Faulkner
Hecuba, wife of Priam ... Olga Lindo
Andromache, wife of Hector ... Nicolette Bernard
Chryses, Priest of Apollo ... James Thomason
Calchas, Prophet with the Greek Army ... Norman Claridge
Nestor, King of Pylus ... Norman Shelley
Thetis, sea goddess, mother to Achilles ... Molly Rankin
Zeus, King of the Gods ... Francis de Wolff
Hera, wife of Zeus ... Isla Cameron
Athene, Goddess of Wisdom ... Jill Balcon
Ares, God of War/Poseidon, God of the Sea/Polydamus, a Trojan Councillor ... Bruce Beeby
Hephaestus, the Smith-God ... Fraser Kerr
Aphrodite, Goddess of Love ... Christina Gray
Briseis ... Mary Wimbush
Morpheus, God of Sleep ... Ralph Truman
Thersites ... Kenneth Hyde
A King ... William Fox
False Dream ... Jo Manning Wilson
Other Parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company with the BBC Women's Chorus

Music by Roberto Gerhard
Performed by the BBC Welsh Orchestra
Conducted by Rae Jenkins and Peter Gellhorn

Produced by Raymond Raikes and Robert Hardy

Broadcast on the BBC Home Service 17 - 31 May 1964

Episode 1 00:00
Episode 2 54:51
Episode 3 1:50:27

Do you enjoy the variety on Oldtuberadio?
Like, Share and Subscribe to be notified of our new shows
Oldtuberadio Merchandise can be found here
https://oldtuberadio.printify.me/products

Donations via
Ko-fi
https://ko-fi.com/oldtuberadio98
patreon
https://www.patreon.com/oldtuberadio
Locals
https://locals.com/Oldtuberadio

Old Tube Radio can also be found on other platforms
UGETube https://ugetube.com/@oldtuberadio98
Rumble https://rumble.com/user/Oldtuberadio
Bitchute https://www.bitchute.com/channel/oldtuberadio98
DailyMotion https://www.dailymotion.com/dm_ce224a31523476f7e6154bedb40b24e8
Or Direct via
https://paypal.me/oldtuberadio
Thank you
and
Please don't forget to subscribe
Thank You

Show more
0 Comments sort Sort by

Up next