Pages 20 through 25 of Bacchae by Euripides

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Pages 20 through 25 of Bacchae by Euripides

The reason that Bacchae by Euripides was chosen as a set text to be

examined on is because it is a classic ancient Greek performance. It

offers us a look at how the Greeks lived in a completely different

culture to ours. It also shows us how important religion was to them

and how they worshipped different gods to us; it is very interesting

because this is how theatre started off in ancient Greece. From

choosing a piece of drama this old, we can see how our theatre today

has developed from previous ideas and techniques. Another benefit of

using the Bacchae is that it is the first ancient Greek play I have

studied and so offers challenge, the Greek way of life is a whole new

culture to get used to.

The scene that I have chosen to act out from the play is between pages

20 and 25 of the play and it is the part of the play in which Pentheus

and Dionysos first meet each other. I have chosen this scene because I

believe that it is a very important part of the play. It is a scene

that contains a lot of stichomythia between the two very important

characters in the play. This scene is a scene that would be enjoyable

to act out, and also I feel that it is one of my favourite scenes in

the play.

I will be playing Pentheus in the scene I have chosen to act out from

the Bacchae. Also I will be playing Pentheus in the devised scene that

me and the other three members of my group for the devised scene will

be writing and acting out. Although for the scene from the original

script I will be working in a group of two, in the devised scene I

will be working in a group of four, this is for a wider range of

Bacchae characters to use in the devised piece. The content of this

scene will include a dialogue between the original Bacchae characters

of Pentheus, Dionysos, Agave and Kadmos.The scenes, which we will

include, will be a scenario in which Dionysos visits the house of

Pentheus, A fight scene between Pentheus and Dionysus with music in

the background and Kadmos Narrating the scene. The devised piece will

end with the realisation that whilst fighting, Pentheus and Dionysos

where approached by Kadmos, when the old man tried to stop the

fighting, just as in the Bacchae he was ignored. A stray fist leads to

the death of Kadmos and the ultimate betrayal on the behalf of

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