The Drinking Party (1965)
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.
Director: Jonathan Miller
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Leo McKern as Socrates |
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Alan Bennett as Eryximachus |
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John Fortune as Phaedrus |
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Barry Justice as Agathon |
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Michael Gough as Pausanias |
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Robert Gillespie as Alcibiades |
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Roddy Maude-Roxby as Aristophanes |
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Julian Jebb as Aristomedus |
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Darroll Richards as Waiter |
| Directing | Jonathan Miller | Director |
| Writing | Leo Aylen | Writer |
| Production | Jonathan Miller | Producer |
| Writing | Jonathan Miller | Writer |