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Acting
Adaptation
Aeschylean grandeur
American stage adaptation
ancient Greek literature
ancient Greek theater
Author_Euripides
British
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Classic
classical drama
classical mythology
classical scholarship
Comedy
Contemporary
Dionysian rituals
Dionysus in drama
Drama
Dramatic
Dramatic arts
English
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Euripidean finesse
Euripides
European
Greek chorus
Greek tragedy
Historical
Ireland
Irish
literary translation
mythological drama
Performance
Performance art
Play
Playwrights
Scotland
Script
Stage
Theater
Theater history
theatrical history
Theatrical interpretation
theatrical translation
tragedy and catharsis
tragedy in performance
Wales
Product details
- ISBN 9780803251946
- Weight: 170g
- Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 Mar 1968
- Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This new translation of The Bacchae-that strange blend of Aeschylean grandeur and Euripidean finesse-is an attempt to reproduce for the American stage the play as it most probably was when new and unmutilated in 406 B.C. The achievement of this aim involves a restoration of the "great lacuna" at the climax and the discovery of several primary stage effects very likely intended by Euripides. These effects and controversial questions of the composition and stylistics are discussed in the notes and the accompanying essay.
Donald Sutherland, former professor of classics and chairman of the Humanities Program at the University of Colorado, has published translations of Hippolytus (1960), Lysistrata (1961), and Les Fourberies de Scapin (1963).
