In the Cool of the Day (1963)
John Le Mesurier: Dr. Arraman
Quotes
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Murray Logan : "Why should we listen to the Oracles of Apollo and to the screaming of the birds above our heads? For they would have it that I am doomed to kill my father."
Christine Bonner : [claps] Dr. Arraman. Bravo!
Murray Logan : Hello. How long have you been there?
Dr. Arraman : I've heard Oedipus many times. But, never in the way I did just now. It's not every day that one sees an English intellectual, performing Greek tragedy, translated by an Irish poet.
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Dr. Arraman : The most celebrated of Greek maxims was inscribed there. "Know Thyself." If only one could.