The Bacchae - Revision history

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	2002: Kirstenbosch Gardens Dionysos Festival, ''[[The Bacchae]]'' 2002, directed by [[Roy Sergeant]] starring [[Matthew Wild]] as Dionysos, [[Tauriq Jenkins]], [[Willem Breedt]]. [[Andrew Michau]] wrote the music.		2002: Kirstenbosch Gardens Dionysos Festival, ''[[The Bacchae]]'' 2002, directed by [[Roy Sergeant]] starring [[Matthew Wild]] as Dionysos, [[Tauriq Jenkins]], [[Willem Breedt]]. [[Andrew Michau]] wrote the music.
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	Translated into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Herman Pretorius]] as ''[[Die Bacchae]]''. Presented by the [[Stellenbosch University Drama Department]] as its entry for Student Drama at the [[National Arts Festival]] in 1988.		Translated into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Herman Pretorius]] as ''[[Die Bacchae]]''. Presented by the [[Stellenbosch University Drama Department]] as its entry for Student Drama at the [[National Arts Festival]] in 1988.
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		+	==Modern adaptations==
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		+	There have been numerous adapted versions of the original play

	See also [[Wole Soyinka]]’s play ''[[The Bacchae of Euripides]]''; ''[[Bacchus in die Boland]]'' by [[Bartho Smit]]; ''[[Ritual 2378]]'' by [[Ian Ferguson]] ; [[Malcolm Purkey]]'s adaptation,		See also [[Wole Soyinka]]’s play ''[[The Bacchae of Euripides]]''; ''[[Bacchus in die Boland]]'' by [[Bartho Smit]]; ''[[Ritual 2378]]'' by [[Ian Ferguson]] ; [[Malcolm Purkey]]'s adaptation,

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 Aug 1983 - An adaptation directed by [[Malcolm Purkey]] with the cast:  [[Jeremy Crutchley]], [[Fats Dibeco]], [[Kurt Egelhof]], [[Popi Havakis]], [[Carol Kaplan]], [[Siphiwe Khumalo]], [[Jeni-Lyn McLaren]], [[Arthur Molepo]],
-[[Gladys Mothlale]], [[Jonathan Paton]], [[Sarah Roberts]], [[Caryn Solomon]],  [[Minky Schlesinger]].
+[[Gladys Mothlale]], [[Jonathan Paton]], [[Sarah Roberts]], [[Caryn Solomon]],  [[Minky Schlesinger]] at the [[Market Theatre]].
 : Kirstenbosch Gardens Dionysos Festival, ''[[The Bacchae]]'' 2002, directed by [[Roy Sergeant]] starring [[Matthew Wild]] as Dionysos, [[Tauriq Jenkins]], [[Willem Breedt]]. [[Andrew Michau]] wrote the music.

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	''World Drama'' by Allardyce Nicoll. Harrap, 1949.		''World Drama'' by Allardyce Nicoll. Harrap, 1949.
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		+	[[Ruphin Coudyzer]]. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of [[Market Theatre]] productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)

	Photographs and contact sheets for photographs of the cast for ''The Bacchae'' by Euripides, [[NELM]]		Photographs and contact sheets for photographs of the cast for ''The Bacchae'' by Euripides, [[NELM]]

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	[[Jeremy Crutchley]] as Pentheus in Euripides's ''The Bacchae'' for the [[Junction Avenue Theatre Company]].		[[Jeremy Crutchley]] as Pentheus in Euripides's ''The Bacchae'' for the [[Junction Avenue Theatre Company]].
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		+	Aug 1983 - An adaptation directed by [[Malcolm Purkey]] with the cast: [[Jeremy Crutchley]], [[Fats Dibeco]], [[Kurt Egelhof]], [[Popi Havakis]], [[Carol Kaplan]], [[Siphiwe Khumalo]], [[Jeni-Lyn McLaren]], [[Arthur Molepo]],
		+	[[Gladys Mothlale]], [[Jonathan Paton]], [[Sarah Roberts]], [[Caryn Solomon]], [[Minky Schlesinger]].

	2002: Kirstenbosch Gardens Dionysos Festival, ''[[The Bacchae]]'' 2002, directed by [[Roy Sergeant]] starring [[Matthew Wild]] as Dionysos, [[Tauriq Jenkins]], [[Willem Breedt]]. [[Andrew Michau]] wrote the music.		2002: Kirstenbosch Gardens Dionysos Festival, ''[[The Bacchae]]'' 2002, directed by [[Roy Sergeant]] starring [[Matthew Wild]] as Dionysos, [[Tauriq Jenkins]], [[Willem Breedt]]. [[Andrew Michau]] wrote the music.

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-Performed by the [[Serpent Players]] directed by [[John Kani]] on Monday 5 July 1971 starring Kani, [[Winston Ntshona]], [[Daniso Mankazana]], [[Mangaliso Grootboom]], [[George Luse]], [[Nomhle Nkonyeni]], [[Vuyelwa Cola]], [[Grace Mnci]], [[Joyce Faku]] ([[TECON]]).
+: Performed by the [[Serpent Players]] directed by [[John Kani]] on Monday 5 July 1971 starring Kani, [[Winston Ntshona]], [[Daniso Mankazana]], [[Mangaliso Grootboom]], [[George Luse]], [[Nomhle Nkonyeni]], [[Vuyelwa Cola]], [[Grace Mnci]], [[Joyce Faku]] ([[TECON]]).
-Directed by [[John Burch]] for the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]], March 1981, with the cast including [[John Burch]], [[Karin Jerg]], [[Christopher Goetsch|Chris Goetsch]], [[Carol-Ann Kelleher]], [[Julie Coghlan]], [[Bruce Young]] and [[Martin le Maitre]] amongst others.
+: Directed by [[John Burch]] for the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]], March 1981, with the cast including [[John Burch]], [[Karin Jerg]], [[Christopher Goetsch|Chris Goetsch]], [[Carol-Ann Kelleher]], [[Julie Coghlan]], [[Bruce Young]] and [[Martin le Maitre]] amongst others.
 [[Jeremy Crutchley]] as Pentheus in Euripides's ''The Bacchae'' for the [[Junction Avenue Theatre Company]].
-Kirstenbosch Gardens Dionysos Festival, ''[[The Bacchae]]'' 2002, directed by [[Roy Sergeant]] starring [[Matthew Wild]] as Dionysos, [[Tauriq Jenkins]], [[Willem Breedt]]. [[Andrew Michau]] wrote the music.
+: Kirstenbosch Gardens Dionysos Festival, ''[[The Bacchae]]'' 2002, directed by [[Roy Sergeant]] starring [[Matthew Wild]] as Dionysos, [[Tauriq Jenkins]], [[Willem Breedt]]. [[Andrew Michau]] wrote the music.
 [[The Tyrant]] 2003, [[The Birds]] 2004

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-''The Bacchae'' (Ancient Greek: Βάκχαι, Bakchai; also known as The Bacchantes) is an ancient Greek tragedy by the Athenian playwright Euripides, during his final years in Macedonia, at the court of Archelaus I of Macedon. It premièred posthumously at the Theatre of Dionysus in 405 BC as part of a tetralogy that also included ''[[Iphigenia in Aulis|Iphigeneia at Aulis]]'' and ''[[Alcmaeon in Corinth]]'', and which Euripides's son or nephew probably directed. It won first prize in the City Dionysia festival competition.
+''[[The Bacchae]]'' (Ancient Greek: Βάκχαι, Bakchai) is tragedy by the Athenian playwright Euripides.
 The tragedy is based on the mythological story of King Pentheus of Thebes and his mother Agauë, and their punishment by the god Dionysus (who is Pentheus's cousin) because he refuses to worship him. It shows the city caught up in hysterical orgies in honour of Dionysus, and the god himself not only speaks the prologue, but plays an important role in the action.
 ==Translations and adaptations==
-Translated into Afrikaans by [[Herman Pretorius]] as ''Die Bacchae''. Presented by the [[Stellenbosch University Drama Department]] as its entry for Student Drama at the [[National Arts Festival]] in 1988.
+Translated into English by **
 See also [[Wole Soyinka]]’s play ''[[The Bacchae of Euripides]]''; ''[[Bacchus in die Boland]]'' by [[Bartho Smit]]; ''[[Ritual 2378]]'' by [[Ian Ferguson]] ;  [[Malcolm Purkey]]'s adaptation,
 == Performance history in South Africa ==
 Performed by the [[Serpent Players]] directed by [[John Kani]] on Monday 5 July 1971 starring Kani, [[Winston Ntshona]], [[Daniso Mankazana]], [[Mangaliso Grootboom]], [[George Luse]], [[Nomhle Nkonyeni]], [[Vuyelwa Cola]], [[Grace Mnci]], [[Joyce Faku]] ([[TECON]]).
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 [[Jeremy Crutchley]] as Pentheus in Euripides's ''The Bacchae'' for the [[Junction Avenue Theatre Company]].
-Kirstenbosch Gardens Dionysos Festival, ''The Bacchae'' 2002, directed by [[Roy Sergeant]] starring [[Matthew Wild]] as Dionysos, [[Tauriq Jenkins]], [[Willem Breedt]]. [[Andrew Michau]] wrote the music.
+Kirstenbosch Gardens Dionysos Festival, ''[[The Bacchae]]'' 2002, directed by [[Roy Sergeant]] starring [[Matthew Wild]] as Dionysos, [[Tauriq Jenkins]], [[Willem Breedt]]. [[Andrew Michau]] wrote the music.
 [[The Tyrant]] 2003, [[The Birds]] 2004

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 == Sources ==
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bacchae
+Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bacchae].
 ''World Drama'' by Allardyce Nicoll. Harrap, 1949.
 Photographs and contact sheets for photographs of the cast for ''The Bacchae'' by Euripides, [[NELM]]
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	== Performance history in South Africa ==		== Performance history in South Africa ==
		+	Performed by the [[Serpent Players]] directed by [[John Kani]] on Monday 5 July 1971 starring Kani, [[Winston Ntshona]], [[Daniso Mankazana]], [[Mangaliso Grootboom]], [[George Luse]], [[Nomhle Nkonyeni]], [[Vuyelwa Cola]], [[Grace Mnci]], [[Joyce Faku]] ([[TECON]]).
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	Directed by [[John Burch]] for the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]], March 1981, with the cast including [[John Burch]], [[Karin Jerg]], [[Christopher Goetsch\|Chris Goetsch]], [[Carol-Ann Kelleher]], [[Julie Coghlan]], [[Bruce Young]] and [[Martin le Maitre]] amongst others.		Directed by [[John Burch]] for the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]], March 1981, with the cast including [[John Burch]], [[Karin Jerg]], [[Christopher Goetsch\|Chris Goetsch]], [[Carol-Ann Kelleher]], [[Julie Coghlan]], [[Bruce Young]] and [[Martin le Maitre]] amongst others.