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TV Show
The Serpent Son
1979-03-07Ended1 seasons3 episodes~90 minUnited KingdomEnglishBBC
This "classical" BBC series was inspired by the +Orestia Trilogy of 5th century Greek playwright Aeschylus, as filtered through the contemporary eyes of prolific British playwrights Frederic Raphael and Kenneth MacLeish. The project boasted an all-star cast, headed by Denis Quilley as Agamemnon, Diana Rigg as Klytamnestra, and Helen Mirren as Cassandra.
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- BBill Hays
- KKenneth McLeish
- FFrederic Raphael
- AAeschylus
- DDenis Quilley
Maureen O'Brien
Claire Bloom
Terrence Hardiman- JJohn Nolan
- PPatrick Magee
- NNatasha Parry
Siân Phillips- AAlfred Burke
- FFrank Middlemass
- JJohn Welsh
- GGeoffrey Toone
Sylvia Kay
- NNickolas Grace
- SSheila Ballantine
- EEileen Helsby
- OOona Kirsch
- PPeter Machin