The Bacchae
By Wole SoyinkaSetting:
Thebes of ancient Greece
Cast total:
28
Male cast:
21
Female cast:
7
Original Cast:
| Martin Shaw | Dionysus |
| John Shrapnel | Pentheus, King of Thebes |
| Julian Curry | Tiresias |
| Constance Cummings | Agave, Pentheus' mother |
| Paul Curran | Cadmus, Agave's father |
| David Bradley | Herdsman |
| Desmond McNamara | Guard / Slave / Bodyguard |
| Gawn Grainger | Officer |
| Isabelle Lucas | Leader of the Bacchantes |
| Harry Lomax | Old Slave |
| Sarah Atkinson | Bacchante |
| Rachel Davies | Bacchante |
| Carol Drinkwater | Bacchante |
| Chrissy Iddom | Bacchante |
| Jennifer Piercey | Bacchante |
| David Firth | Slave / Bodyguard |
| John Gregg | Slave / Bodyguard / Understudy: Old Slave |
| Paul Gregory | Slave / Bodyguard |
| Mary Griffiths | Slave / Bodyguard |
| James Hayes | Slave / Bodyguard |
| Richard Howard | Slave / Bodyguard |
| Desmond McNamara | Slave/Bodyguard |
| Clive Merrison | Slave / Bodyguard |
| Maggie Riley | Slave / Bodyguard |
| James Smith | Slave / Bodyguard |
| Michael Stroud | Slave / Bodyguard |
| Stephen Williams | Slave / Bodyguard |
| John Gregg | Old Slave (17 Oct 1973) |
| Ram John Holder | Leader of the Slaves |
| Leslie Rainey | Leader of the Slaves |
| Lynsey Baxter | Bacchante |
| Philip Bliss | Bacchante |
| April Ford | Bacchante |
| Sandra Hamilton | Bacchante |
| Laurie Morgan | Percussion |
Production Team:
| Roland Joffe | Director |
| Euripides (c.485-406 BC) | Writer |
| Leonard Tucker | Lighting |
| Diana Boddington | Stage Manager |
| Wole Soyinka | Adaptor |
| Marc Wilkinson | Sound |
| Angela Bissett | Assistant Stage Manager |
| Laurie Morgan | Drums |
| Anthony Crickmay | Production Photographer |
| Elizabeth Markham | Assistant Stage Manager |
| Malcolm Goddard | Dance |
| Phil Robins | Deputy Stage Manager |
| Terry Oliver | Assistant Stage Manager |
| Nadine Baylis | Design |
| Richard Howard | Assistant to the Producer |
| Tony Walters | Stage Manager |
| Alison Redgrave | Deputy Stage Manager |
| Trevor Mitchell | Assistant Stage Manager |
| Marc Wilkinson | Music / Sound |
| Malcolm Goddard | Movement |
Publications
| Title | Year | Publisher | NT Library |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wole Soyinka - Collected Plays Part 1 | 1973 | Oxford University Press | No |
| The 'Bacchae of Euripides. A Communion Rite | 1973 | Eyre Methuen | No |