Original id:
465
Start date:
4 March 1946
Degree of relationship to ancient play:
Translation
Production notes:
Broadcast as the 6th play in the World Theatre series on the BBC Home Service.
Media of production:
Radio
Languages:
English
The Trojan Women (1946)
Companies:
Ancient works:
Information related to this production
| Script | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Trojan Women | Euripides |
| The Trojan Women | Gilbert Murray (1866-1975) |
| Person | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Beryl Calder | Actor | Chorus |
| Anne Cullen | Actor | Cassandra |
| Penelope Davidson | Actor | Chorus |
| Val Gielgud (1900-1981) | Producer | |
| Deryck Guyler | Actor | Talthybius |
| Grizelda Hervey | Actor | Athene |
| Margaret Leighton | Actor | Helen |
| Ella Milne | Actor | Chorus |
| George Owen | Actor | Narrator |
| Esme Percy Pallas | Actor | Poseidon |
| Leon Quartermaine | Actor | Menelaus |
| Dorothy Reynolds | Actor | Chorus |
| Meua Stewart | Actor | Chorus |
| Sybil Thorndike | Actor | Hecuba |
| Rita Vale | Actor | Andromache |
| Gladys Young | Actor | Chorus |
| Venue | Festival | Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| unknown venue (England) |
| Source | Format | Location if held at the APGRD | Pagination | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert Murray OM, 1866-1957 | Book | library | 454 | |
| Trojan Women - 2 CDs with audio recording of broadcast | CD | archive | ||
| The Trojan Women | Print-out | archive | ||
| The Trojan Women | Print-out | archive | ||
| Gilbert Murray's Euripides: The Trojan Women and Other Plays | Book | library | xiv | |
| A post-war drama of 415 B.C. | Photocopy | archive | ||
| Engagements with Greek Drama and Homeric Epic on BBC Radio in the 1940s and 1950s | Thesis | library | 43, 199 |
How to cite this production
The Trojan Women (1946), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/465 <20 September 2024>