news news The Drinking Party 1965 46 min 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. watched want to watch oscars director Jonathan Miller writers Jonathan Miller, Leo Aylen news ✕ loading… cast Leo McKern Socrates Alan Bennett Eryximachus John Fortune Phaedrus B Barry Justice Agathon Michael Gough Pausanias Robert Gillespie Alcibiades Roddy Maude-Roxby Aristophanes J Julian Jebb Aristomedus D Darroll Richards Waiter