![]() "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. ![]() ![]() Reabsorbed within the communal psyche he provokes the resources of nature in turn he is replenished for the cyclic rain in his fragile individual potency." The blending of two master playwrights—Euripides and Soyinka—makes for an unforgettable experience. Man reaffirms his indebtedness to earth, dedicates himself to the. Soyinka’s latest dramatic works are A Play of Giants (1984) and Requiem for a Futurologist (1985). The Bacchae is the rites of an extravagant banquet, a monstrous feast, Soyinka writes. 1981), bases himself on John Gay’s Beggar’s Opera and Brecht’s The Threepenny Opera. ![]() "Man reaffirms his indebtedness to earth, dedicates himself to the demands of continuity, and invokes the energies of productivity. In The Bacchae of Euripides (1973), he has rewritten the Bacchae for the African stage and in Opera Wonyosi (performed 1977, publ. "The Bacchae is the rites of an extravagant banquet, a monstrous feast," Soyinka writes. In his hands The Bacchae becomes a communal feast, a tumultuous celebration of life, and a robust ritual of the human and social psyche. ![]() He does so with a poet's ear for the cadences and rhythms of chorus and solo verse as well as a commanding dramatic use of the central social and religious myth. A wholly fresh interpretation of the timeless play by a Nobel Prize-winning author.Wole Soyinka has translated—in both language and spirit—a great classic of ancient Greek theater. ![]()
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