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The Drinking Party

The Drinking Party

46m

November 14, 1965 (59 years ago)

Overview

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.

ActorAge thenAge now
Leo McKern

Leo McKern

Socrates

Birthday: March 16, 1920

45 July 23, 2002 (82)
Alan Bennett

Alan Bennett

Eryximachus

Birthday: May 9, 1934

3191
John Fortune

John Fortune

Phaedrus

Birthday: June 30, 1939

26 December 31, 2013 (74)
Barry Justice

Barry Justice

Agathon

Birthday: August 18, 1940

25 August 6, 1980 (39)
Michael Gough

Michael Gough

Pausanias

Birthday: November 23, 1916

48 March 17, 2011 (94)
Robert Gillespie

Robert Gillespie

Alcibiades

Birthday: November 9, 1933

3291
Roddy Maude-Roxby

Roddy Maude-Roxby

Aristophanes

Birthday: April 2, 1930

3595
Julian Jebb

Julian Jebb

Aristomedus

Birthday: -

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Darroll Richards

Darroll Richards

Waiter

Birthday: -

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