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Dateline: 26th March, 2008
Bacchae Returns to Scotland The National Theatre of Scotland's production of The Bacchae, which played to great acclaim and sell out houses in Scotland last year is coming back to Scotland and then onto New York in June and July 2008. The production has been invited to play at the prestigious Lincoln Center Festival 08 in New York for thirteen performances from 2nd to 13th July, 2008. Prior to the New York run, it will play at His Majesty's Theatre Aberdeen for four performances from 19th to 21st June and also at Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, for five performances from 25th to 28th June as part of a National Theatre of Scotland season in Inverness. The Bacchae, which premiered at the Edinburgh International Festival last year, brought Alan Cumming back to the Scottish stage for the first time in sixteen years. He will reprise his role as the icon and hedonist god Dionysus alongside Paola Dionositti as Agave and Ewan Hooper as Cadmus. Joining the cast are Cal MacAninch as Pentheus and John Bett as Tiresias. The Bacchae are Sally Amaka Okafor, Sharon Duncan Brewster, Hazel Holder, Melissa Keyes, Lisa Davina Phillip, Sarah Quist, Ann-Marie Roberts, Jessika Williams and Emi Wokoma. This is the third National Theatre of Scotland production to play in New York, following acclaimed runs of The Wolves in the Walls at The New Victory Theater and Black Watch at St Ann's Warehouse in 2007. Black Watch is returning to New York to play again at St Ann's Warehouse in October 2008. The Bacchae is a new version of Euripides' play by David Greig, based on a literal translation by Ian Ruffell.
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