Philoctetes, Part 2
- Summary
- This two-part BBC Schools production of the ancient Greek tragedy Philoctetes was preceded on 19 September by a 30-minute introductory programme delivered by the the moral philosopher Bernard Williams (then lecturer at University College London). The Philoctetes programmes were later re-broadcast as one half of a For Sixth Forms series on Greek Drama which also included three programmes on Euripides’ Bacchae.
- Theatre play
- Philoctetes by Sophocles [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Tuesday 3 October 1961
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- Ronald Eyre
- Playwright
- Sophocles
- Translator
- Kenneth Cavander
- Designer
- Charles Lawrence
- Cast
Barry Boys Sailor Jeremy Geidt Sailor Alan Howard (1937-2015) Neoptolemus Alan MacNaughtan (1920-2002) Odysseus Richard Mayes Sailor Richard Pasco (1926-) Philoctetes Michael Robbins Sailor Nicholas Selby Sailor Eric Thompson Merchant Kenneth Watson Sailor
Additional details
- Later transmissions
- Repeat transmissions in September-October 1961, and again in 1962.
- Notes
- Cast list taken from the end credits of Part 1.
- Play tags
- Greek drama
- Programme context tags
- schools television programming; further education programming
Audiovisual sources
- Title
- Philoctetes (BBC, 1961), Part 2 of 2
- Archive
- BBC Information and Archives [more information]
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Print sources
- Title
- BBC WAC Scriptwriter files: Kenneth Cavander file 1, 1954-62 (Archive file)
- Archive
- BBC Written Archives Centre (WAC) [more information]
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- Linking notes
- correspondence pertaining to the BBC’s commissioning of the translation, with one or two references to the 1961 Schools Television use of it
- Title
- Greek plays: Philoctetes (BBC Schools, 1961-62) (Blog article)
- Author/creator
- Amanda Wrigley (Author)
- Reference
- http://screenplaystv.wordpress.com/2011/12/22/philoctetes-bbc-schools-1961-62, published 22 December 2011
Associated programmes
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