Iphigenia in Tauris (1954)

Original id:

9205

Start date:

3 October 1954

Degree of relationship to ancient play:

Adaptation

Production notes:

Broadcast on the BBC Third Programme, where it was repeated on 4 October and 27 November 1954.

Media of production:

Radio

Languages:

English

Companies:

Ancient works:

Information related to this production

Script	Author(s)
Iphigenia among the Taurians	Euripides
Iphigenia in Tauris	Roy Pascal
Iphigenie auf Tauris	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

Person	Role	Notes
Maria Becker	Actor	Iphigenia
Lennox Berkeley	Conductor
Lennox Berkeley	Composer
Roy Pascal	Translator	translated Goethe's play into English
Donald Wolfit	Actor	Thoas
Helena Wood	Adaptor	adapted the translation for broadcasting

Venue	Festival	Dates	Notes
unknown venue (England)

Source	Format	Location if held at the APGRD	Pagination
Years in a Mirror	Book		176
Engagements with Greek Drama and Homeric Epic on BBC Radio in the 1940s and 1950s	Thesis	library	206

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