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The Bacchae / James Thomas, director ; a MacMillan Films production.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dionysus (Greek deity)--Drama.
- Dionysus.
- Pentheus, King of Thebes (Mythological character)--Drama.
- Pentheus.
- Bacchantes--Drama.
- Bacchantes.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (100 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Greenwich, CT : Macmillan Films, 2016.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- This beautifully staged production of Euripides 406 BC masterpiece is based on Peter Arnott's audience-friendly translation. The story follows Dionysos (played by Mia Perovetz) visiting Thebes disguised as a charismatic young leader at the center of a horde of erotic female bacchae. The immortal play exposes the dangers of fanaticism and deals with the timeless human quest to balance order and spontaneity.
- Participant:
- Peter Judd, Mia Perovetz, Matthew Krob, Alexander Weston, Angessa Hughmanick.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 07, 2017).
- Contains:
- Euripides. Bacchae. English.
- OCLC:
- 981597069
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