The Bacchae

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Event The Bacchae
Venue Playbox Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
First Date 18 July 1980
Last Date 9 August 1980
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description A Greek classical work by Euripides, concerning the story of Pentheus, King of Thebes.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Classical
Subjects Power
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Ross Barnett Actor Chorus of Oriental Women
Robert Bell Actor Pentheus
Warwick Comber Actor Dionysus / Teiresias
Robin Harrison Actor Cadmus
Joseph Spano Actor Chorus of Oriental Women
Hugh Wade Actor Chorus of Oriental Women
Barry Conyngham Composer
Mirka Mora Designer
Murray Copland Director
Fred Wallace Lighting Designer
Euripides Playwright
Richard Mackay-Scollay Stage Manager not credited in printed program, but in insert slip
Philip Vellacott Translator
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Greece
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Performed in the downstairs Playbox Theatre.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Advertisement PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia
Book Performing Arts Year Book of Australia 1980
Newspaper
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 60582