The Drinking Party

Jonathan Miller
1965-11-14


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46 min

An interpretation of Plato's Symposium as a picnic organised by a University don for his students. Each guest is asked to explain the nature of love before the Don, through a series of questions, reaches a unifying conclusion.

Cast

Name Character Team
Leo McKern Socrates Unowned
Alan Bennett Eryximachus Unowned
John Fortune Phaedrus Unowned
Barry Justice Agathon Unowned
Michael Gough Pausanias Unowned
Robert Gillespie Alcibiades Unowned
Roddy Maude-Roxby Aristophanes Unowned
Julian Jebb Aristomedus Unowned
Darroll Richards Waiter Unowned