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THE BACCHAE

Written by Euripides

Directed by Antony Tuckey

Ian McKellen in the role of Pentheus

Liverpool Playhouse, Liverpool

29 April 1969 - 17 May 1969

CAST

Dionysus	. . . . . . . . . . . .	Desmond Gill
Chorus of Oriental Women, devoted to Dionysus	. . . . . . . . . . . .	Jenny Austen, Liz Gebhardt, Moira Hughes, Sarah Lewis, Merilyn Marshall
Teiresias	. . . . . . . . . . . .	Bob Harris
Cadmus	. . . . . . . . . . . .	Alan Partington
Pentheus	. . . . . . . . . . . .	Ian McKellen
A Guard, attending Pentheus	. . . . . . . . . . . .	David Gilmore
A Herdsman	. . . . . . . . . . . .	Del Henney
Messenger	. . . . . . . . . . . .	Ian Talbot
Agaue	. . . . . . . . . . . .	Eithne Dunne
Guards	. . . . . . . . . . . .	Sidney Dunn, Clive Hornby, Ioan Meredith

OTHER CREDITS

Designed by John Page, Lighting by Michael Williams
Photos by Colin Thorpe