Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Bacchae (/ ˈ b æ k iː /; Ancient Greek: Βάκχαι, Bakkhai; also known as The Bacchantes / ˈ b æ k ə n t s, b ə ˈ k æ n t s,-ˈ k ɑː n t s /) 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.
The Bacchae, also simply known as Bacchae, is a classical Meitei language play, based on an ancient Greek tragedy of the same name, written by Euripides (480-406 B.C.), one of the three tragedians of classical Athens. Directed by Thawai Thiyam, son of Ratan Thiyam, it is based on the story of king Pentheus of Thebes and Olympian god Dionysus ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... (Euripides play) Archelaus (play) B. The Bacchae; Bellerophon (play) C. Children of Heracles; Cresphontes (play)
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "Plays based on The Bacchae" ... (Thiyam play) The Bacchae of Euripides; D. Dionysus in 69 (play) E. The ...
A Dream Play: Ett drömspel: August Strindberg (A Dream Play) 1965 Don Juan: Don Juan: Molière : 1974 The Misanthrope: Misantropen: Molière (The Misanthrope) 1983 The School for Wives: Hustruskolan: Molière (The School for Wives) 1992 Madame de Sade: Markisinnan de Sade: Yukio Mishima (Madame de Sade) 1993 The Bacchae: Backanterna: Euripides ...
The Bacchae of Euripides: A Communion Rite is an adaptation by Wole Soyinka of the ancient Greek tragedy The Bacchae by Euripides. Soyinka wrote the play during his exile in Britain. It was first performed on 2 August 1973 by the National Theatre company at the Old Vic in London. [1]
Maenads have been depicted in art as erratic and frenzied women enveloped in a drunken rapture, as in Euripides' play The Bacchae. In Euripides' play and other art forms and works, the frenzied dances of the god are direct manifestations of euphoric possession, and these worshippers, sometimes by eating the flesh of a man or animal who has ...
The Bacchae opened the City Dionysia Festival in Athens in 405 BC and won first prize. The action follows the god Dionysus on his return to the city of Thebes to avenge his mother's reputation and the god's own rejection as the bastard child of Zeus. The title refers to the groups of devoted female followers of the god, who serve as the chorus ...