Original id:
6673
Start date:
25 March 1957
Degree of relationship to ancient play:
Translation
Production notes:
Broadcast on the BBC Home Service.
Media of production:
Radio
Languages:
English
Against the Wind (1957)
Companies:
Ancient works:
Information related to this production
| Script | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Prometheus Bound | Aeschylus |
| Prometheus Bound | Rex Warner |
| Person | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Val Gielgud (1900-1981) | Director | |
| Malcolm Keen | Actor | Prometheus |
| Trevor Martin | Actor | Hephaistos |
| Brewster Mason | Actor | Okeanos |
| Leon Quartermaine | Actor | Hermes |
| June Tobin | Actor | Io |
| Ralph Truman | Actor | Power / Violence |
| Helena Wood | Adaptor | adapted Warner's translation for broadcasting |
| Venue | Festival | Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| unknown venue (England) |
| Source | Format | Location if held at the APGRD | Pagination | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Against the Wind | Photocopy | archive | ||
| BBC plays: Prometheus Bound and Sappho | Photocopy | archive | ||
| Engagements with Greek Drama and Homeric Epic on BBC Radio in the 1940s and 1950s | Thesis | library | 208 |
How to cite this production
Against the Wind (1957), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/6673 <9 October 2024>