John Gray had directed 'The Bacchae' 3 years earlier (production id 14877), with the antecedent company to Tamahnous (the Theatre Workshop Company). Tamahnous had a month-long run at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre in 1974, performing restagings/revised versions of plays already in their repertoire: 'Dracula Two', 'The Tempest' in double-bill with 'Inside the Reflection' (film), and 'The Bacchae'.