The Drinking Party (1965)

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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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DIRECTION:  Jonathan Miller
CAST:  Leo McKern  •  Alan Bennett  •  John Fortune  •  Barry Justice

Cast & Characters

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
Darroll Richards Waiter

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