 The first play was "Madame de Sade" by Yukio Mishima, directed by Maya Liberopoulou.On June 29, 1989 the theatre took its present name "Patras Municipal and Regional Theatre" (DIPETHE) and its first artistic directors were Maya Liberopoulou and Viktor Arditis.The first, but also critically acclaimed play of the DIPETHE was Tennessee Williams's Glass Menagerie, followed by Maxim Gorky's "Petit-Bourgeois", and Carlo Goldoni's trilogy of Holidays.