Hippolytus
1968

HIPPOLYTUS was performed in 1968.

Cast

  • Servant: Richard Talbert
  • Hippolytus: Nicholas Clarke
  • Nurse: Mary-Margaret McCabe
  • Phaedra: Clare Ballantyne
  • Theseus: Christopher Hourmouzios
  • Messenger: Richard Thomson
  • Attendants: Fran Scott, Helena Simon
  • Voice of Aphrodite/Voice of Artemis: Charlotte Wrinch
  • Chorus: Jane Kneale (Leader), Deidre Bowden, Amanda Cadbury, Harriet Clark, Dilys Cluer, Elinor Daiken, Mandy Ferguson, Jane Hodgart, Helena Nilsson, Jane Shaw, Catriona Smith, Elizabeth Thornburn, Julie White, Sally Wright
  • Chorus of Huntsmen: William Godwin, Henry Herford, Richard Lea, Oliver Linton, James Middleton, David Smith, Roger Williams

Orchestra

  • Flute: Julian Coward
  • Oboe: Anthony Burton
  • Horn: Anthony Shield
  • Harpsichord: Martin Everett
  • Percussion: Malcolm Peake
  • Conductor: Andrew Wilson-Dickson

Gallery

The acting was excellent and the original Greek on the whole clearly and fluently spoken - an important point in view of the fact that the Cambridge Greek play has become almost a pilgrimage for many schools. 

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