Iphigenia at Aulis
- Summary
- This BBC production of Euripides’ Iphigenia at Aulis, directed by Don Taylor, was the last Greek tragedy on British television for more than two decades.
- Theatre play
- Iphigenia at Aulis by Euripides [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Saturday 21 July 1990
- Time
- 8.45pm (120 mins)
- Series
- Theatre Night
- Channel
- BBC2
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Director
- Don Taylor (1936-2003)
- Producer
- Louis Marks
- Peter Stark (credited as ‘Chorus Master’)
- Translator
- Don Taylor (1936-2003)
- Composer
- Derek Bourgeois
- Conductor
- Derek Bourgeois
- Designer
- Graham Lough
- Cast
Eric Allan Old Man Imogen Boorman (1971-) Iphigenia Tyler Butterworth First Messenger Greg Hicks Second Messenger Roy Marsden Agamemnon Fiona Shaw Clytemnestra Graham Sinclair Achilles Tim Woodward Menelaus
Additional details
- Play tags
- Greek drama; tragedy
Audiovisual sources
- Title
- Iphigenia at Aulis (BBC, 1990)
- Archive
- BBC Information and Archives [more information]
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Print sources
- Title
- An Implausible Day of Judgement (Newspaper review)
- Author/creator
- Nancy Banks-Smith (Reviewer)
- Reference
- The Guardian, 23 July 1990, p. 37
- Title
- Saturday’s Television and Radio (Newspaper listing)
- Reference
- The Times, 21 July 1990, p. 24
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