Alcestis (1928)

Original id: 
9396
Start date: 
5 December 1928
Degree of relationship to ancient play: 
Translation
Production notes: 
Broadcast on the Daventry Experimental 5GB station from 9.30-10pm. In a letter to Hilda Matheson, 10 November 1928, Murray proposes to read "two or three bits of chorus + enough dialogue to make - with occasional comments - a connected story", so this was not a reading of the whole play.
Media of production: 
Radio
Scenes/extracts
Languages: 
English

Information related to this production

Person Role Notes
Hilda Matheson Producer Radio producer
Gilbert Murray (1866-1975) Actor read extracts from his translation
Venue Festival Dates Notes
unknown venue (England)
Source Format Location if held at the APGRD Pagination
Engagements with Greek Drama and Homeric Epic on BBC Radio in the 1940s and 1950s Thesis library 38-39, 41, 196

How to cite this production

Alcestis (1928), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/9396 <12 May 2024>