The Birds (1949)

Original id: 
5286
Start date: 
1 January 1949
End date: 
31 December 1949
Degree of relationship to ancient play: 
Adaptation
Production notes: 
A touring production.
Media of production: 
Stage-play
Languages: 
English

Information related to this production

Person Role Notes
Stanley Alderman Actor Prometheus / Ox, a shared role
Douglas Allison Actor Herald / Third Messenger
Geoffrey Beadle Actor Chorus
Godfrey Bullard Actor Meton / Iris
Paul Buxton Actor Peisthetaerus
Paul Buxton Producer
Robert Coales Actor Second Messenger
Donald Craig Actor Chorus
Nigel Dodd Composer
Michael Essayan Actor Euelpides
Peter Floyd Actor Chorus
James H. Galbraith Actor Ox, a shared role / Chorus
Ted Gang Actor Slave
Louis Gann Actor Footbird
Peter Gledhill Actor Chorus
John Gorman Actor Chorus
Joe Harvey Actor Chorus
Joseph Hoare Actor Chorus
John Holman Actor Bureaucrat
Alan Horne Actor Heracles
James Hunter Blair Actor Hoopoe / Chorus
Francis Huxley Actor Poet, young and penniless / Basileia
Paul Kelly Manager
Paul Kelly Actor Hoopoe
Jung-en Liu Actor Triballian God
Philip Mallet Actor First Messenger
Ravi Matthai Instrumentalist Indian flute
Ravi Matthai Prompter
John Mead Actor Chorus
Paul Rolo Actor Father-beater
Eric Sainsbury Actor Kinesias, Poet, fashionable
Roger Stewart Actor Poseidon
A. W. Verrall "songs by"
Michael Weir Actor Sandwich-man
Bernard Williams Actor Priest / Bird / Informer
John Woodside Actor Medium, a rewritten prophet, female
Source Format Location if held at the APGRD Pagination
Program The Birds Programme archive

How to cite this production

The Birds (1949), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/5286 <19 April 2024>