sentences:  Additional theatre roles during the 70s included Souplier in Henry de Montherlant's "The Fire that Consumes" with Nigel Hawthorne, which was staged in 1977 at the Mermaid Theatre.The play, which concerns a priest who is obsessed with a young student, was the recipient of both the Laurence Olivier Award For Best New Play and the Society of West End Theatre Award for Play of the Year, with Bradley contributing what was referred to as "a beautifully spontaneous performance" as the student opposite Hawthorne's guilt-ridden Abbé de Pradts.Earlier in the decade, Bradley was featured as Hanschen Rilow in the Old Vic's production of Frank Wedekind's controversial tale of sexual discovery, violence, and repression, "Spring Awakening", of which "Plays and Players" stated that "Dai Bradley's Hans is a virtuoso effort, full of awkward and loquacious passion."