The Bacchae

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Event The Bacchae
Venue Performance Space, Wollongong, NSW
First Date 14 February 2004
Last Date 18 February 2004
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional Training Schools/Colleges
World Premiere No
Description Pentheus King of Thebes returns home to find the female population has been compelled by an unknown force to join a cult. They have gone to the mountains where Pentheus has heard that they perform debauched rituals and join together in orgies. Dionysus, the leader of this cult, claims he is a god ...and Pentheus's cousin. Cadmus, the one man Pentheus can turn to, tries to convince Pentheus to join in the worship. Is Pentheus the only sane man in Thebes? He vows to stamp out all Dionystic ritual and imprison anyone who worships this false god - including his own mother who is in the mountains
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Adaptation
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Linda Nicholls-Gidley Director
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Greece
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web University of Wollongong, FCA Performance Archive 2004
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 74512