The Drinking Party

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.

Country:

United Kingdom

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Duration:

46 minutes

Year:

1965

Director:

Jonathan Miller

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Company:

BBC

Cast:

Socrates

Eryximachus

Phaedrus

Agathon

Pausanias

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