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Jim Henson's The Storyteller: Greek Myths :: Orpheus & Eurydice (01x03)

Episode Information

Title:

Orpheus & Eurydice

Episode #:

01x03

Original Airdate:

Sunday December 15th, 1991

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NL (VARA)	1992

Episode Crew
Director:	Tony Dean Smith
Screenplay:	Nigel Williams (1)

Episode Summary

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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 the Eurydice is behind him she is his, but if he looks back, she returns to the underworld forever.

Summary Available In: English | Dutch

Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•David Greenaway	played	Puppeteer	Recurring (second appearance)
•Angela Taylor	played	Dancer
•Anita Griffin	played	Dancer
•Art Malik	played	Orpheus
•Betsy Gregory	played	Dancer
•Gina Bellman	played	Eurydice
•Ikky Maas	played	Dancer
•Jesse Birdsall	played	Aristaeus
•Lucy Fawcett	played	Dancer
•Marco Nunes	played	Dancer
•Mark Ashman	played	Dancer
•Martin Rekab	played	Dancer
•Mel Martin (1)	played	Persephone
•Michael Small	played	Dancer
•Nelson Fernandez	played	Dancer
•Robert Stephens (2)	played	Hades
•Rosanna Sen	played	Dancer
•Sue Glasser	played	Dancer
•Trevor Peacock	played	Charon

Main Cast

•Michael Gambon	played	The Storyteller
•Brian Henson	played	The Storyteller's Dog

Other Episode Crew

• Creator	Anthony Minghella
• Executive Producer	Jim Henson (1) \| J. Nigel Pickard
• Producer	Duncan Kenworthy
• Production Designer	John Beard (1)
• Editor	David Martin (3)
• Casting	Michelle Guish
• First Assistant Director	Kieron Phipps
• Second Assistant Director	Tim Lewis
• Music	Rachel Portman
• Costume Designer	Ann Hollowood \| Polly Smith
• Camera Operator	Peter Taylor (1)
• Script Supervisor	Hilary Fagg
• Production Coordinator	Clare St. John
• Director of Photography	Roger Pratt
• Production Supervisor	David Barron (1)
• Special Effects	Kenny Wilson \| Chris Barton (1) \| Mike Osborn \| Daniel Remer \| Nigel Booth \| Jane Gootnick \| Alex Lawrence \| Geoff Paige
• Sound Recordist	David John (4)
• Choreographer	Carolyn Choa
• Production Accountant	Brian Bailey
• Creative Supervisor	John Stephenson (1)
• Special Creature Design	Verner Gresty
• Make-up & Hair	Jan Archibald \| Sally Sutton
• Script Development	Kate Fawkes
• Post Production Sound	Anthony Faust \| Nigel Reed