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Xanthippe's luck is in as the war-like, sex-mad Spartans arrive in Ancient Athens. Stars Stephen Moore. From January 2001.

Xanthippe's luck is in as the war-like, sex-mad Spartans arrive in Ancient Athens.

Ancient Greek comedy by Lynne Truss.

Heraclitus …. Stephen Moore
Aristophanes …. Alan Cox
Socrates …. Robert Hardy
The Oracle …. Rosemary Leach
Plato …. Tom George
Xanthippe …. Rachel Atkins
The Chorus …. Gavin Muir

Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Brian King.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001.

30 minutes

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