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A Short Season of Greek Plays: The Bacchae/The Assembly-Women - T2079894482In The Bacchae Dionysus, the arguably androgynous deity of wine, ecstasy and fertility, sets out on a journey to revenge his mother Semele. Dionysus' divine power turns a seemingly harmless worship of the god into a cannibalistic menace, resulting in Thebes' king being ripped to pieces by his own mother. The underlying gendered power struggle between rationality and ecstasy gives the play its edge even in the 21st century. In Aristophanes' comedy Ecclesiazusae, or The Assembly-Women, the women of Athens succeed in their cunning plan to take over government from the men. Their proto-Communist state aims to establish equality amongst all citizens, rich and poor, women and men. Whilst lighthearted in tone, the political flavour of the play lends itself to a contemporary interpretation with bite.Company Anglia Contemporary Theatre. Author Euripides (Bacchae). Author Aristophanes (The Assembly-Women). | |
| 14 Jan 11 to 15 Jan 11 | Mumford Theatre, Cambridge :: V22 listing details L01528797515 |
A Short Season of Greek Plays: Medea/Lysistrata - T0322115226Medea, the barbarian from another land, the witch who betrayed her father, who killed her brother and murdered her husband's uncle apparently out of love for Jason, finds herself abandoned by her husband for another - obviously much younger - woman and the crown that comes with this new alliance. Medea's reaction to this treason made her one of the most fascinating heroines of Greek mythology. A much more lighthearted approach to the battle of the sexes is portrayed in Aristophanes' Lysistrata. This heroine is determined to put an end to killing in the name of war and persuades the women of Greece to refuse any sexual contact with their husbands until a peace treaty has been agreed upon. It seems Lysistrata has successfully identified man's weakness...Company Anglia Contemporary Theatre. Author Euripides (Medea). Author Aristophanes (Lysistrata). | |
| 7 Jan 11 to 8 Jan 11 | Mumford Theatre, Cambridge :: V22 listing details L01885274504 |
