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Production

The Riot Act (1984)

APGRD id
3135
Start date
19th September 1984
Production Media
Stage-play
Languages
English
Associated ancient works
Antigone (Sophocles)
Scripts:
The Riot Act (Tom Paulin)
Companies
Field Day Theatre Company
APGRD Notes
The Chorus was played by various members of the theatre company.
URI
https://apgrd.classics.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/3135
Related Content
Person Credit Notes
Stephen Rea Director
Stephen Rea Actor Creon
Mark Lambert Actor Guard
Brien Vahey Designer
Keith Donald Composer
Rory Dempster Lighting
Ciarán Hinds Actor Chorus Leader
Veronica Quilligan Actor Antigone
Hilary Reynolds Actor Ismene
Joe Crilly Actor Haemon
Des McAleer Actor Tiresias
Kilian McKenna Actor Messenger
Nuala Hayes Actor Eurydice
Venue Country Dates APGRD Notes Festival
Guildhall (Derry, City of Derry, Northern Ireland) Northern Ireland
Title Year Format Content
(Mis)Translating Tragedy: Irish Poets and Greek Plays Print-out conference paper
Antigone Programme
Field Day Theatre Company Photocopy image
Field Day Theatre Company - Emory Print-out website
Irish Times interview with Brian Friel and Stephen Rea Print-out interview
Playography Ireland entry: The Riot Act Print-out website
Production photographs - The Riot Act Print-out photographs
The Cure at Troy Programme
The Riot Act (Antigone) by Tom Paul - The Stage Review Print-out review
Tom Paulin article on Antigone Print-out newspaper article
Title Contributors Year Format Pagination
Theatre Stuff: Critical Essays on Contemporary Irish Theatre Eamonn Jordan Book
Dionysus Since 69: Greek Tragedy at the Dawn of the Third Millennium Katharine Worth, Amanda Wrigley, Lorna Hardwick, Kathleen Riley, Pantelis Michelakis, Erika Fischer-Lichte, Helene Foley, Froma I. Zeitlin, Peter G. McC. Brown, David Wiles, Fiona Macintosh, Edith Hall, Oliver Taplin, Timberlake Wertenbaker (1951-) Book
The Riot Act: A Version of Antigone by Sophocles Tom Paulin Photocopy