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 Andipa Chorus June Bailey Chorus Yolande Bavan Chorus Jeremy Brett Dionysus John Carson Pentheus Margo Cunningham Chorus Freda Dowie Chorus Adrian Drotsky Guard Sonia Fraser Chorus Patience Gcwabe Chorus Bandana Gupta Chorus Alan Howard (1937-2015) Messenger Steve Kirby Guard Sophia Lokko Chorus Cyril Luckham Cadmus Mamsie Mtombeni Chorus Patricia Regan Chorus David Richards Guard John Murray Scott Chorus Angela Scott-Patrick Chorus Anthony Sharp Teiresias Derrick Slater Guard Henley Thomas Chorus Margot van der Burgh Agave Mary Wylie Chorus
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
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Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 18 October 1962 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing, p. 24
Associated programmes
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