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The Drinking Party

Nov 14, 1965 · 46m
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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.

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CAST

Leo McKern
Socrates
Alan Bennett
Eryximachus
John Fortune
Phaedrus
Barry Justice
Agathon
Michael Gough
Pausanias
Robert Gillespie
Alcibiades
Roddy Maude-Roxby
Aristophanes
Julian Jebb
Aristomedus
Directed by Jonathan Miller

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
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Production
BBC
Country
US, GB
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