However, the adaptation holds many differences. This Bacchae was first performed in London. It also influenced Wole Soyinka’s 1973 The Bacchae of Euripides: A Communion Rite. Many people throughout the years have made parallels between these figures as neither is recognized by his own people at first.ģ. In both, ethical challenges are posed to the community. They both have a prologue where the audience knows the truth, the believers state their devotion, there is conflict between believers and nonbelievers. They narrate the stories in similar ways, thematizing similar issues like the problems of arrival and recognition. The Gospel of John and The Bacchae don’t have a direct line of influence, but they are both texts about gods arriving in a community. It has a relationship with the Gospel of John.
Read on for 5 takeaways from our second session in our Theatre & Thought BACCHAE Series, “Identity, History, and Change.” The scholars focused in on two key adaptations to delve into a deeper discussion of the thematic issues in all three texts. Clifford Ando held a conversation about the afterlife of The Bacchae in the form of adaptation. Perris, The Gentle, Jealous God: Reading Euripides’ Bacchae in English, London/New York, 2016, pp. Perris, ‘ Bacchant Women’, in Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Euripides, eds R. Dodds’, Classical and Modern Literature 18, 1997, pp.
Roncase, ‘The Bacchae and Lord of the Flies: A Few Observations with the Help of E. Friedman, William Golding, New York, 1993, pp. Friedman, ‘Grief, Grief, Grief: Lord of the Flies’, in William Golding’s Lord of the flies, ed. Dick, William Golding, New York, 1987, pp. Dick, ‘ Lord of the Flies and the Bacchae’, Classical World 57, 1964, pp. White, ‘Butterfly and Beast in Lord of the Flies’, Modern Fiction Studies 10, 1964, pp. Baker, ‘Why it’s no go: A Study of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies’, The Arizona Quarterly 19, 1963, pp.
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