Orpheus and Eurydice
When his young bride is killed by a snake, Orpheus travels to the underworld to plead for her life. The third of five dramas about love drawn from Ovid's Metamorphoses.
The third of five dramas about love drawn from Ovid's Metamorphoses
When his young bride is killed by a snake, Orpheus travels to the underworld to plead for her life.
Introduced by Sir Jonathan Bate
Ovid ..... Jim Norton
Orpheus ..... Tom Forrister
Eurydice ..... Madeline Hatt
Charon ..... Neil McCaul
Pluto ..... Philip Bretherton
Proserpina ..... Isabella Inchbald
Priest ..... Clive Hayward
Dramatized by Lucy Catherine
Directed by Marc Beeby.
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Broadcast
- Wed 17 Jan 201822:45BBC Radio 3
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