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  • Electra/Peace 1927
  • Bacchae 1930
  • Oresteia 1933
  • Frogs 1936
  • Antigone 1939
  • Frogs 1947
  • Oedipus at Colonus 1950
  • Agamemnon 1953
  • Bacchae 1956
  • Antigone 1959
  • Clouds 1962
  • Oedipus Tyrannus 1965
  • Hippolytus 1968
  • Birds 1971
  • Medea 1974
  • Sophocles' Electra 1977
  • Euripides' Electra 1980
  • Women of Trachis 1983
  • Lysistrata 1986
  • Bacchae 1989
  • Hippolytus 1992
  • Birds 1995
  • Trojan Women 1998
  • Sophocles' Electra 2001
  • Oedious Tyrannus 2004
  • Medea 2007
  • Agamemnon 2010
  • Prometheus/Frogs 2013
  • Antigone/Lysistrata 2016
  • Oedipus at Colonus 2019
  • Persians/Cyclops 2022
  • Home
  • The Current Production
  • Past Plays

    Past Plays

    Past Plays overview
    • The History of the Cambridge Greek Play
    • Ajax 1882
    • Birds 1883
    • Eumenides 1885
    • Oedipus Tyrannus 1887
    • Ion 1890
    • Iphigenia in Tauris 1894
    • Wasps 1897
    • Agamemnon 1900
    • Birds 1903
    • Eumenides 1906
    • Wasps 1909
    • Oedipus Tyrannus 1912
    • Oresteia 1921
    • Birds 1924
    • Electra/Peace 1927
    • Bacchae 1930
    • Oresteia 1933
    • Frogs 1936
    • Antigone 1939
    • Frogs 1947
    • Oedipus at Colonus 1950
    • Agamemnon 1953
    • Bacchae 1956
    • Antigone 1959
    • Clouds 1962
    • Oedipus Tyrannus 1965
    • Hippolytus 1968
    • Birds 1971
    • Medea 1974
    • Sophocles' Electra 1977
    • Euripides' Electra 1980
    • Women of Trachis 1983
    • Lysistrata 1986
    • Bacchae 1989
    • Hippolytus 1992
    • Birds 1995
    • Trojan Women 1998
    • Sophocles' Electra 2001
    • Oedious Tyrannus 2004
    • Medea 2007
    • Agamemnon 2010
    • Prometheus/Frogs 2013
    • Antigone/Lysistrata 2016
    • Oedipus at Colonus 2019
    • Persians/Cyclops 2022
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  3. Bacchae 1989

Past Plays

  • Past Plays overview
  • The History of the Cambridge Greek Play
  • Ajax 1882
  • Birds 1883
  • Eumenides 1885
  • Oedipus Tyrannus 1887
  • Ion 1890
  • Iphigenia in Tauris 1894
  • Wasps 1897
  • Agamemnon 1900
  • Birds 1903
  • Eumenides 1906
  • Wasps 1909
  • Oedipus Tyrannus 1912
  • Oresteia 1921
  • Birds 1924
  • Electra/Peace 1927
  • Bacchae 1930
  • Oresteia 1933
  • Frogs 1936
  • Antigone 1939
  • Frogs 1947
  • Oedipus at Colonus 1950
  • Agamemnon 1953
  • Bacchae 1956
  • Antigone 1959
  • Clouds 1962
  • Oedipus Tyrannus 1965
  • Hippolytus 1968
  • Birds 1971
  • Medea 1974
  • Sophocles' Electra 1977
  • Euripides' Electra 1980
  • Women of Trachis 1983
  • Lysistrata 1986
  • Bacchae 1989
  • Hippolytus 1992
  • Birds 1995
  • Trojan Women 1998
  • Sophocles' Electra 2001
  • Oedious Tyrannus 2004
  • Medea 2007
  • Agamemnon 2010
  • Prometheus/Frogs 2013
  • Antigone/Lysistrata 2016
  • Oedipus at Colonus 2019
  • Persians/Cyclops 2022

Bacchae 1989

The BACCHAE was performed 1-4 March 1989 at the Cambridge Arts Theatre

Chorus of the Bacchae 1989

People

  • Dionysus: Paola de Lupis
  • Pentheus: Rory Unsworth
  • Cadmus: Elizabeth Thompson
  • Tiresias: Helen Lakka
  • Agave: Alice de Smith
  • Director: Dictynna Hood
  • Designer: Tom Piper
  • Producer: Sarah Lane
  • Composer / Musical Director: Mervyn Cooke
  • Masks: Michael Chase
  • Costume Designer: Andy Leary
  • Choreographer: Maggie Love

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