BBC R3 - T S Eliot's 'Sweeney Agonistes'
Subtitled 'An Aristophanic Melodrama'
Music by David Byers
Directed by Clive Brill
Broadcast October 2, 1988 in the TSE Century season
Coded from tape at 80/44
Thanks to Usenet for this file

Sweeney's arrival disturbs plans for a social evening.

Eliot's first significant piece since 'The Wasteland'. Similar
in content but very different in style from his earlier work.
Although unfinished, the published parts were polished to TSE's
usual standard. They stand alone.

The work is now seen as merely the prototype for his later plays.
But it was much more than that - matching solemn themes to jazzy
tempos was a radical idea. TSE did return to this approach, but
never again with such contrast.

Probably best known now through parodies of Eliot's style. It's
too short to merit a full scale stage production. This radio
adaption is an opportunity to hear the play as TSE intended.

Cast 
Sweeney - Malcolm Storry
Dusty - Denise Black
Doris - Patsy Rowlands
Krumpacker - John Branwell
Klipstein - Michael Maloney
Wauchope - Nigel Carrington

Musicians
Jeff Box - Double-bass
Simon Butterworth - Reeds
Richard Davis - Flute
David Fletcher - Cello
Paul Patrick - Percussion
Bernard Robertson - Piano
.