The Bacchae (1978)

Poster by Poster Designer

by Euripides

Adapted and Directed by James Morgan

Performances: Sun 2nd – Sat 8th July 1978, Main Stage

Introduction

This production was also performed in The Rookery in Streatham Common.

Cast

• Dionysus, the god - Patrick Pearson
• Pentheus, King of Thebes - Derek Bell
• Tiresias, a priest - Edward Johnson
• Cadmus, former King of Thebes - Ted Higgins
• Herdsman - John Adams
• Slave - Colm O'Neill
• Agave, mother of Pentheus - Jill Clark
• Soldier - Derek Fraser
• Guard - John Bates
• Chorus - Anna Greenburg (leader), Midge Adams (leader), Angela Atkins , Sonia Burke, Janet Blackley, Christine Hammond, Delia Tait, Jeanette Hoile, Annette Wiseman, Dominique Penrose, Anne Woolhouse, Trudi Ainley

Crew

• Stage Manager - Robert Hedden
• Assistant Stage Managers - Paul Beech, Marilyn Gutman, Rachel Joyce & Anne Mattey
• Lighting Design- Tony Rapson & Colin Stokes
• Sound Recording - Geoff Potter
• Sound Operator - Brian Fretwell
• Set Construction - Don North
• Costumes - Jeanette Hoile & Mark White
• Assistant to the director - David Hickman

Reviews

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Gallery

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  Derek Bell & Patrick Pearson

Reminiscences and Anecdotes

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See Also

The Disorderly Women (1976) & The Disorderly Women (2000)

External Links

• This play on the web