UK, 21 March 1954
broadcast live, black and white, 4:3
mono, English
A British fantasy television play. This was the second of two live presentations of the same play, the first having been broadcast on 18 March 1954.
Plot Summary
Astyages, king of the Medes, is haunted by dreams that his grandson will one day unite the kingdom against him. When the child is born, Astyages is given a prophecy by his soothsayer and Harpagus is sent to kill the child.
Credits
Crew
BBC
Produced by: Dorothea Brooking
By: Rhoda Power
Settings by: Stuart Marshall
Cast
Martin Benson (Astyages, king of the Medes)
Wilfred Walter (Harpagus, confidant of Astyges)
Gordon Phillot (a wise man)
Mona Lilian (Spaca, the cowherd's wife)
Dawson France (Cyrus, grandson of Astyges)
John Levitt (Atradates)
John Allen (Atembares, father of Atradates)
Harry Lane (a Median guard)
Marcia Manolescue, Leonard Davey, Barrie Martin (three friends of Cyrus)
References
Periodicals
- Radio Times vol.122 no.1584 (19 March 1954) p.14 – credits
