BBC R3 -'The Epic Of Gilgamesh'
Translated by Stephen Mitchell
Adapted by Jeremy Howe
Produced by Tim Dee
Broadcast June 11, 2006
Coded from tape at 128/44.1
A 4,000 years old Mesopotamian tale recovered
from cuneiform tablets found in the destroyed
library at Nineveh. It tells of Gilgamesh's search
for the secret of immortality.
Also included is a discussion about the text
broadcast immediately prior to the play.
Cast
Enkidu - Adam Levy
Gilgamesh - Joe Dixon
Narrator - Kenneth Cranham
Prologue/Anu - Robert Gwilym
Shamhat/Ishtar - Kananu Kirimi
Soldier/Utnapishtim - Bill Wallis
Urshanabi/Enlil - Paul Nicholson
Humbaba/Ninurta - David Collins
Scorpion Man/Ea - Chris Donnelly
Scorpion Woman/Lady Ninsun - Eve Matheson
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