Original id:
3135
Start date:
19 September 1984
Degree of relationship to ancient play:
Adaptation
Production notes:
The Chorus was played by various members of the theatre company.
Media of production:
Stage-play
Languages:
English
The Riot Act (1984)
Companies:
Ancient works:
Information related to this production
| Script | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Antigone | Sophocles AKA Sophokles |
| The Riot Act | Tom Paulin |
| Person | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Joe Crilly | Actor | Haemon |
| Rory Dempster | Lighting | |
| Keith Donald | Composer | |
| Nuala Hayes | Actor | Eurydice |
| Ciarán Hinds | Actor | Chorus Leader |
| Mark Lambert | Actor | Guard |
| Des McAleer | Actor | Tiresias |
| Kilian McKenna | Actor | Messenger |
| Veronica Quilligan | Actor | Antigone |
| Stephen Rea | Actor | Creon |
| Stephen Rea | Director | |
| Hilary Reynolds | Actor | Ismene |
| Brien Vahey | Designer |
| Venue | Festival | Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guildhall (Derry, City of Derry, Northern Ireland) | 18 September, 1984 |
| Source | Format | Location if held at the APGRD | Pagination | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Cure at Troy | Programme | archive | b&w image on p.7 | |
| Theatre Stuff: Critical Essays on Contemporary Irish Theatre | Book | library | 18, 69, | |
| Antigone | Programme | archive | ||
| Dionysus Since 69: Greek Tragedy at the Dawn of the Third Millennium | Book | library | 161, 390 | |
| The Riot Act: A Version of Antigone by Sophocles | Photocopy | library | 8 | |
| Field Day Theatre Company | Photocopy | archive | ||
| Production photographs - The Riot Act | Print-out | archive | ||
| Tom Paulin article on Antigone | Print-out | archive | ||
| (Mis)Translating Tragedy: Irish Poets and Greek Plays | Print-out | archive | ||
| Field Day Theatre Company - Emory | Print-out | archive | ||
| Playography Ireland entry: The Riot Act | Print-out | archive | ||
| The Riot Act (Antigone) by Tom Paul - The Stage Review | Print-out | archive | ||
| Irish Times interview with Brian Friel and Stephen Rea | Print-out | archive |
How to cite this production
The Riot Act (1984), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/3135 <5 December 2024>