Original id:
6051
Start date:
5 May 1959
End date:
23 May 1959
Degree of relationship to ancient play:
Translation
Production notes:
This production was seen by William Gaskill.
Media of production:
Stage-play
Languages:
English
The Bacchae (1959)
Companies:
Ancient works:
Information related to this production
| Script | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Bacchai | Euripides |
| The Bacchae | Minos Volonakis |
| Person | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Connery | Actor | Pentheus |
| Margo Cunningham | Actor | Chorus Leader |
| Michael David | Actor | Dionysos |
| David Dodimead | Actor | Teiresias / Messenger |
| Dione Ewin | Actor | Attendant on Agave |
| Maroussia Frank | Actor | Bacchant |
| Christopher Hancock | Actor | Herdsman |
| Hilary Hardiman | Actor | Bacchant |
| Edward Hardwicke | Actor | Kadmos |
| Charles Laurence | Actor | Guard |
| Olive Lucius | Actor | Chorus Leader |
| Elisabeth Lutyens | Composer | |
| Ruth Meyers | Actor | Chorus Leader |
| Yvonne Mitchell | Actor | Agave |
| Roger Rahn | Actor | Soldier |
| Robert Sidaway | Actor | Soldier |
| Minos Volonakis | Designer | |
| Minos Volonakis | Director | |
| Elizabeth West | Actor | Bacchant |
| Elizabeth Zinn | Actor | Bacchant |
| Venue | Festival | Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Playhouse, Beaumont Street (Oxford, County of Oxfordshire, England) | 4 May, 1959 | ||
| Arts Theatre (1936-) (Cambridge, County of Cambridgeshire, England) | 17 May, 1959 to 22 May, 1959 |
| Source | Format | Location if held at the APGRD | Pagination | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakchai | Book | library | 185 | |
| Cambridge Arts Theatre: The Bacchae | Programme | archive | ||
| A Pilgrim Soul: The Life and Work of Elisabeth Lutyens | Book | 161-162 | ||
| The Bacchae | Image | archive | ||
| Oxford Playhouse Company: The Bacchae | Programme | archive | ||
| Greek Artists and Ancient Greek Drama: Stage Sets and Costumes - Exhibition Catalogue | Book | library | 128 |
How to cite this production
The Bacchae (1959), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/6051 <4 October 2024>