Original id:
6054
Start date:
25 April 1937
Degree of relationship to ancient play:
Translation
Production notes:
Broadcast on the BBC National Programme from 6.15-7.50pm.
Media of production:
Radio
Languages:
English
The Trojan Women (1937)
Companies:
Ancient works:
Information related to this production
| Script | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Trojan Women | Euripides |
| The Trojan Women | Gilbert Murray (1866-1975) |
| Person | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| John Abbott | Actor | Poseidon |
| Barbara Burnham | Producer | |
| Belle Chrystall | Actor | Helen |
| Elsie Fogerty | Chorus Direction | |
| Hubert Gregg | Actor | Talthybius |
| Lilian Harrison | Actor | Athena |
| Lillah McCarthy | Actor | Hecuba |
| Flora Robson | Actor | Cassandra |
| Edith Sharpe | Actor | Andromache |
| Ion Swinley | Actor | Menelaus |
| Gwynneth Thurburn | Chorus Direction | credited with training the Chorus, following Fogerty's Chorus Direction |
| Venue | Festival | Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| unknown venue (England) |
| Source | Format | Location if held at the APGRD | Pagination | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert Murray OM, 1866-1957 | Book | library | 325-326 | |
| Broadcasting a Greek play | Photocopy | archive | ||
| International Journal of the Classical Tradition. Vol.12.2 (Fall 2005) | Journal | library | 219 | 2472 |
| Engagements with Greek Drama and Homeric Epic on BBC Radio in the 1940s and 1950s | Thesis | library | 41, 42 (Fig. 3), 94, 103 n. 276, 197 |
How to cite this production
The Trojan Women (1937), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/6054 <7 October 2024>