![]() ![]() “He also added a chorus of slaves in the play, which was not there in the original Greek version,” she said. ![]() Ferris said some differences in the two versions are in the way the characters celebrate and worship their god and in the use of music and ritual movements. Lesley Ferris, a professor in the Department of Theater. The modern version was written for the Royal London Company in England in 1986 by Nobel Prize-winning playwright Wole Soyinka from Nigeria.It tells a story about King Pentheus’ battle to keep a group of people from worshiping Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, fertility, and theater.”The story is basically the same, but because Soyinka is African, there are a lot of African characteristics added to the play,” said Dr. The combination of African and Greek cultures come together in a contemporary version of the original Greek play, “ The Bacchae,” written in 500 B.C. The Ohio State Department of Theatre will bring magic, music and dance to the stage of Drake Union in the play, “ Wole Soyinka‘s The Bacchae of Euripides: A Communion Rite,” which starts today and runs through Nov. A modern, mixed Bacchae offers wine, women and song ![]()
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