''The Bacchoi'' is a rock musical with book and lyrics by Bryan Nason and music by Ralph Tyrrell, based on ''

The Bacchae ''The Bacchae'' (; grc-gre, Βάκχαι, ''Bakchai''; also known as ''The Bacchantes'' ) is an ancient Greek tragedy, written by the Athenian playwright Euripides during his final years in Macedonia, at the court of Archelaus I of Macedon. ...

'' by Euripides. It was first performed in a 1970 student production which opened the University of Queensland's Schonell Theatre. Nimod Theatre Company in Sydney gave the professional premiere in 1974 as the inaugural production at the new

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, with a cast including

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, Jeannie Lewis, Peter Carroll,

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, Peter Chambers, Roger Newcombe,

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, Julia Lyndon and Sharon Murphy. The production was directed by John Bell. The text was published in 2003 in the collection ''The Journey Plays: the work of Bryan Nason'' published by Playlab Press.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bacchoi, The Australian musicals 1974 musicals Works based on The Bacchae