The Drinking Party
1965
46 min
English
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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.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- BBC
Top Cast
Leo McKern as Socrates
Alan Bennett as Eryximachus
John Fortune as Phaedrus
Barry Justice as Agathon
Michael Gough as Pausanias
Top Crew
Jonathan Miller · Director, Writer
Leo Aylen · Writer
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