The King Must Die - BBC Radio Drama - Mary Renault torrent

Category: Classic, Historical Fiction, Radio Productions
Language: English
Keywords: Greek Gods Labyrinth Of Knossos Legend Minotaur Myth

Written by Mary Renault
Read by Full Cast
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Dramatization

A new dramatisation by Robin Brooks of Mary Renault’s classic book, The King Must Die.

Mary Renault tells the story of Theseus, his adventures on mainland Greece in search of his true identity, and his journey to the heart of the Labyrinth of Knossos, where he must face the Minotaur.

Renault is considered by many to be the finest historical novelist of the 20th Century. In this story, she brilliantly evokes a distant age, and explores the eternal conflict between male and female, through the violent career of a warrior king who is enmeshed in dark forces beyond his control.

Episode One:
The young hero Theseus sets out to solve the mystery of his birth and follow his destiny in a perilous world, caught up in elemental conflict.

Cast:
Theseus ….. Shane Zaza
Persephone ….. Rakie Ayola
Poseidon ….. Raad Rawi
Pittheus ….. Lawrence Werber
Aithra ….. Barbara Peirson
Diokles ….. Richard Bates
Kerkyon / Hippon ….. Gavi Singh Chera
Menas / Lukos ….. Charlie Archer
Photios / Iros ….. Sam Henderson
Amyntor / Lysis ….. Jack Heydon
Xanthos ….. Michael Gukas
Aigeus ….. Roderick Smith
Medea ….. Tessa Wojtczak
Phormion / Rizon ….. Joe McArdle
Helike / Maid ….. Sophie Walter
Melantho / Maid ….. Heidi Parsons
Chryse ….. Alexandra Ewing
Nephele ….. Harmony Rose-Bremner
Simo ….. Alexander Finch
Young Theseus ….. Bruno Finch

Episode Two:
Theseus has thrown in his lot with the unfortunate youths chosen for sacrifice to the Minotaur, but when he finds himself in the decadent civilisation of Minoan Crete a strange new world opens to him, including the glamour and danger of the bull-dance.

Cast:
Theseus ….. Shane Zaza
Poseidon ….. Raad Rawi
Ariadne ….. Annie Haworth
Minos ….. Richard Braine
Phormion ….. Joe McArdle
Corinthian ….. Harmony Rose-Bremner
Asterion / Priest ….. Theo Fraser Steele
Lukos / Alektryon ….. Charlie Archer
Laia / Lady ….. Tessa Wojtczak
Aktor / Lord / Perimos / Guard ….. Richard Bates
Melantho / Lady / Queen of Naxos ….. Heidi Parsons
Helike / Maenad ….. Sophie Walter
Hippon / Captain / Young King ….. Gavi Singh Chera
Chryse / Girl ….. Alexandra Ewing
Iros / Alexias ….. Sam Henderson

Dramatised by Robin Brooks
Directed and Produced by Fiona McAlpine
Music composed by Matthew Sheeran

Sound Design by Wilfredo Acosta

My recordings from BBC Sounds.

First broadcast August 2021