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Production

Bacchae (1949)

APGRD id
6512
Start date
1st May 1949
Production Media
Audio Recording / Radio Broadcast
Languages
English
Associated ancient works
Bacchai (Euripides)
Scripts:
The Bacchae (D. W. Lucas)
Companies
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)
APGRD Notes
First broadcast on the BBC Third Programme, 1 May 1949, 6.50-8.20pm. Repeated on the Third, 3 May, 8-9.30pm (cut version), and 23 May, 7.10-9pm (full version).
URI
https://apgrd.classics.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/6512
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Person Credit Notes
Anthony Jacobs Actor Soldier
Norman Shelley Actor Cadmus
Alastair Duncan Actor Dionysus, as a man
Marjorie Westbury Actor Leader of the Chorus
Franklyn Bellamy Actor Herdsman
Frederick Allen Actor Narrator
Cecil Trouncer Actor Teiresias
Anthony Bernard Composer
René Soames Actor Dionysus, as a god
Arthur Young Actor Old Slave
Gladys Young Actor Agave
Raymond Raikes Adaptor adapted the translation for broadcasting
Raymond Raikes Producer
Malcolm Hayes Actor Pentheus
Venue Country Dates APGRD Notes Festival
unknown venue (England) England
Title Year Format Content
Letter from Jeremy Antrich to APGRD Handwritten letter correspondence
Obituary of Raymond Raikes Newspaper article newspaper cutting
The Bacchae of Euripides Print-out listing
Title Contributors Year Format Pagination
Engagements with Greek Drama and Homeric Epic on BBC Radio in the 1940s and 1950s Amanda Wrigley Thesis