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The Bacchae is an independent film adaptation of Euripides' classic play, produced by Lorenda Starfelt and John Morrissey, and directed by Brad Mays.
The Bacchae was shot in the autumn of 2000, three years after director Brad Mays' highly successful, award-nominated theatrical production of Euripides' play at the Complex in Los Angeles. Originally conceived on a larger scale than what eventually went into production, the film suffered tremendously from budget cuts and artistic differences, most particularly between the director and co-producer John Morrissey (American History X).
Having established his divinity in eastern lands, Dionysus - the god of wine - returns to Thebes, land of his birth as well as his mortal mother Semele's horrible and shameful death. Angered over his homeland's refusal to acknowledge his divine nature, the son of Zeus intends to establish the worship which he insists is now his due. Having put a spell on all the local women, a great celebration of dance and wine takes place in the nearby Glens of Cithaeron, attended even by the former king Cadmus and blind prophet Teiresias. When word of this outlandishness reaches Pentheus, the young and rational King of Thebes, he orders the immediate arrest of the blonde stranger responsible for the mayhem. Unaware that his strange prisoner is a god, Pentheus refuses to even consider the possibility that Bacchic worship has a place in the modern world. Unable to endure such an affront, the god Dionysus casts a spell over the young king and leads him into the mountains, where he is ultimately torn limb from limb by the ecstatic worshippers, whose number now includes Pentheus' own mother, Agave.
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University of Kansas production of The Bacchae (Euripides) as part of the Oiniades Theatre Festival in Katohi, Greece. Production date: 21 July 2006 Directed by Dennis Christilles. Music by Brian Bondari. Choreography by Meggi Sweeney. Director: Dennis Christilles Composer/Dionysus: Brian Bondari Choreographer/Agave: Meggi Sweeney Video: Sean Smith
Click for the latest videos ► http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user= The16thCavern Subtitles available. The Bacchae by Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC), translated by Gilbert Murray (1866 - 1957). Cast: Dionysus: mb Cadmus: Bruce Pirie Pentheus: Algy Pug Agave: Roseanne Schmidt Teiresias: Matthew Reece Soldier: John Fricker Messenger: Dale Burgess Chorus/Narrator: Elizabeth Klett Audio courtesy of LibriVox. Many thanks to the readers and everyone involved!
Professor Judith Mossman (Dept of Classics, The University of Nottingham), an expert on Greek tragedy, introduces one of the most powerful of the plays of Euripides: The Bacchae. This gives us an introduction to some central themes in Greek religion.
Edith Hall (Professor of Classics, King's College London) introduces Euripides' Bacchae.
This play is wild. Bacchae by Euripides. Feel free to contact me with any question or comments, negative or positive. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Jake-E-Stief-FannPage/100003466311227 Twitter: @crazyjake451 Instagram: LongHairedFreakyDude Email: crazyjake451@yahoo.com Jakob Stief
Adapted and Directed by Teresa Thuman Original Music by Jesse Smith and Marc "Mok" Moser October 2013 at North Seattle College
TRAILER
Well, you're a long walk from my street
And I'm dying in this summer heat
I hope like hell you're waiting, waiting
Everybody's living like they're crazy in love
I'm a dizzy mess, and everything is so above me
From the floor of any life I lead today
Well, they can take, take, take the kids from the summer
But they'll never, never, never take the summer from me
It was the very first time that I lost my mind for a week
They can't make, make, make me forget the weather
If I never, never, never wash the sand from my feet
It was the very last, time then we said goodbye to the beach
(Showing off, showing off our teeth)
So make one last call back home
Cause tonight we go in alone
And I hope that you know I'm waiting, waiting...
(Summer do you feel me?)
Everybody's singing like we're crazy in love
We made a dizzy mess of everything but it was enough
So bring all the boys and all the girls together
Well, they can take, take, take the kids from the summer
But they'll never, never, never take the summer from me
It was the very first time that I lost my mind for a week
They can't make, make, make me forget the weather
If I never, never, never wash the sand from my feet
It was the very last time then we said goodbye to the beach
(Showing off, showing off our teeth)
(Summer do you feel me
Listen can you hear it?
Cave in and believe me
Open up and scream it)
You're going out in style
And I'm getting tired of all your lying
Stop pretending
Stop, the answer's in the smile
And I'm coming clean
Just give me something
Stop pretending
Well, they can take, take, take the kids from the summer
But they'll never, never, never take the summer from me
It was the very first time that I lost my mind for a week
They can't make, make, make me forget the weather
If I never, never, never wash the sand from my feet
It was the very last time then we said goodbye to the beach