| The StoryTeller: Greek Myths | |
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| Air Date | December 22, 1990 |
| Written by | Nigel Williams |
| Director | Tony Smith |
The Storyteller tells the story of Orpheus and Eurydice. One day, Orpheus plays his music in the forest and wakes Eurydice, a wood nymph, and they fall in love and marry. After a short while, Eurydice is struck dead by the bite of a snake. Orpheus, determined to get her back, goes down into the Underworld to convince Hades to give her back. However, there is a catch: Orpheus must leave the Underworld and not look back. If he can reach the sunlit world, trusting that Eurydice is behind him, she is his, but if he looks back, she returns to the underworld forever.
Credits[]
- Michael Gambon as The Storyteller
- Brian Henson as Dog
- Art Malik as Orpheus
- Gina Bellman as Eurydice
- Jesse Birdsall as Aristaeus
- Mel Martin as Persephone
- Robert Stephens as Hades
- Trevor Peacock as Charon
- David Greenaway: Puppeteer
- Angela Taylor: Dancer
- Michael Small: Dancer
- Rossana Sen: Dancer
- Martin Rekab: Dancer
- Marko Nunes: Dancer
- Ikky Maas: Dancer
- Anita Griffin: Dancer
- Betsy Gregory: Dancer
- Sue Glasser: Dancer
- Nelson Fernandez: Dancer
- Lucy Fawcett: Dancer
- Mark Ashman: Dancer
- Produced by Jim Henson & Duncan Kenworthy
- Music by Rachel Portman
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