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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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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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  • 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

Birds 1924

The 1924 production of the BIRDS was performed from 26 February to 1 March 1924 at the New Theatre, Cambridge.

The actors’ text and translation sold to audiences was A.E. transl. J.T. Sheppard &A.W. Verrall, Aristophanes: The Birds (Cambridge 1924). Verrall contributed the choral odes. The incidental music written by Sir Hubert Parry for the 1903 production was repeated.

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