A new full-cast production of a classic Greek tragedy has just been released on Audible. Hippolytus by Euripides and translated by Bob Gonzalez features cast members from The Online Stage. I play the nurse in this and I loved the chance to sink my teeth into that character.
Euripides (c. 480-406 BCE) is the author of 18 extant plays and many
more only surviving in fragments. He is the youngest of the three great
Athenian tragedians with Aeschylus and Sophocles.
Hippolytus,
bastard son of Theseus and the Amazon Hippolyta, has sworn chaste
allegiance to the goddess Artemis, thus severely offending the goddess
Aphrodite by failing to revere her. Aphrodite swears revenge and
promises that he will die before the day is done, taking with him Queen
Phaedra, wife of Theseus. Aphrodite sickens Phaedra with uncontrollable
lust for Hippolytus, and when he vehemently spurns her, he sets in
motion the events that will seal his doom.
Cast
Aphrodite - PJ Morgan
Artemis - Linda Barrans
Hippolytus - Russell Gold
Phaidra -Erin Louttit
Nurse - Lee Ann Howlett
Theseus - John Burlinson
An Old Huntsman - Ron Altman
First huntsman/Messenger - Andy Harrington
Second huntsman - Alan Weyman
Third huntsman - Alan Weyman
Chorus leader - Jennifer Fournier
Chorus One - Leanne Yau
Chorus Two - Elizabeth Chambers
Narrator - Alan Weyman
Audio edited by Alan Weyman. Freely adapted by Bob Gonzalez from the translation by Ian Johnston.
To listen to a sample and/or purchase, please visit Audible here.
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