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Production

The Persians (1939)

APGRD id
463
Start date
16th April 1939
Production Media
Audio Recording / Radio Broadcast
Languages
English
Associated ancient works
Persai (Persians) (Aeschylus)
Scripts:
Persae (1939) (Gilbert Murray (1866-1957) AKA George Gilbert Aimé Murray)
Companies
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)
APGRD Notes
Broadcast on BBC National Service at 9.05pm as the first in a new series of Great Plays. Preceded by an introduction by Gilbert Murray.
URI
https://apgrd.classics.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/463
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Person Credit Notes
Barbara Burnham Producer
Ivan Brandt Actor Xerxes
Cecil Trouncer Actor Darius
William G. Devlin (1911-1987) Actor Chorus Leader
Sybil Thorndike Actor Atossa
Elsie Fogerty Director of the Chorus
Godfrey Kenton Actor Messenger
Venue Country Dates APGRD Notes Festival
unknown venue (England) England
Title Year Format Content
Sunday National Photocopy magazine article
The Persians: Aeschylus in a new translation Photocopy newspaper article
Title Contributors Year Format Pagination
Gilbert Murray OM, 1866-1957 Archibald Duncan Wilson Book
Engagements with Greek Drama and Homeric Epic on BBC Radio in the 1940s and 1950s Amanda Wrigley Thesis