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The Bacchae, Part 2

Summary
BBC production of Euripides’ Bacchae presented in two parts in the BBC’s schools For Sixth Forms series. The production was preceded by an introductory programme presented by the philosopher Bernard Williams on Monday 8 October 1962 (11.30am-12.00pm).
Theatre play
Bacchae by Euripides [more information]
Date of transmission
Monday 22 October 1962
Time
11.30am-12.00pm
Series
Schools
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Producer
Ronald Eyre
Playwright
Euripides
Translator
Neil Curry
Musician
Don Lawson ('drum sequences composed and played by’)
Designer
Gordon Roland
Movement
Litz Pisk
Introduced by
Bernard Williams
Cast
Maria AndipaChorus
June BaileyChorus
Yolande BavanChorus
Jeremy BrettDionysus
John CarsonPentheus
Margo CunninghamChorus
Freda DowieChorus
Adrian DrotskyGuard
Sonia FraserChorus
Patience GcwabeChorus
Bandana GuptaChorus
Alan Howard (1937-2015)Messenger
Steve KirbyGuard
Sophia LokkoChorus
Cyril LuckhamCadmus
Mamsie MtombeniChorus
Patricia ReganChorus
David RichardsGuard
John Murray ScottChorus
Angela Scott-PatrickChorus
Anthony SharpTeiresias
Derrick SlaterGuard
Henley ThomasChorus
Margot van der BurghAgave
Mary WylieChorus

Additional details

Later transmissions
Repeated on Thursday 25 October 1962 at 10.00am and on BBC1 at 11.30m on 26 October 1964
Notes
Special effects by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Play tags
Greek drama; tragedy
Programme context tags
schools television programming

Audiovisual sources

Title
The Bacchae (BBC, 1962)
Archive
BBC Information and Archives [more information]
Address

White City
London
UK

Telephone

+44 (0)20 8008 2288

Website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/informationandarchives/

Access

BBC Information and Archives is not open to the public.

Print sources

Title
Radio Times, 18 October 1962 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing, p. 24

Associated programmes

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