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Troilus and Cressida

Synopsis
A recording of Troilus and Cressida by the Marlowe Dramatic Society directed by George Rylands with Anthony White and Irene Worth in the title roles.
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Audio
Year of release
1961
Availability
Out of Distribution (2006)

Credits

Director
George Rylands
Writer
William Shakespeare
Music
Thurston Dart
Cast
Anthony WhiteTroilus
Irene WorthCressida
Peter WoodthorpeThersites
Donald BevesPandarus
George RylandsUlysses
Anthony JacobsPrologue
Christine BakerAndromache
Clive SwiftCalchas
David BuckPatroclus
David GibsonAeneas
Dorothy MulcahyCassandra
Gary WatsonHector
James Taylor WhiteheadAchilles
John ArnottDiomedes
John BartonMargareton
John BartonNestor
John Sheppard (2)Priam, King of Troy
John WildersAgamemnon
Julian PettiferParis
Noel Gilroy AnnonMenelaus
Tony ChurchAjax
Wendy GiffordHelen

Additional Details

Theatre company
Marlowe Dramatic Society
Production type
Sound Recordings(Commercial)
Plays
Troilus and Cressida
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Textual information
The recordings used Dover Wilson’s New Cambridge text
Reviews
For an assessment of the sound recordings from Arkangel, the Marlowe Society (Rylands) and the Caedmon Shakespeare Recording Society (Sackler) see Lanier, Douglas ‘Shakespeare on the Record’ in Hodgdon, Barbara & Worthen, W.B. (eds) A Companion to Shakespeare in Performance (Malden: Blackwell, 2005), pp415-436

Production Company

Name

Argo

Archive

Name

British Library Sound Archive

Email
listening@bl.uk
Web
http://www.bl.uk/nsa External site opens in new window
Phone
020 7412 7676
Fax
020 7412 7441
Address
96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB

Distributor

Name

Polygram Spoken Word, tel 020 8910 5000

Phone
020 8910 5000

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