Forbhreathnú

• Drámadóir

  Conall Morrison 

• Athchóirithe/ Aistrithe ó

  Euripides

• Nótaí Faoin Údar

  In a new version written by Conall Morrison.

• Achoimre

  An updating of Euripides' classic set in the context of the Iraq war. Dionysus, the Greek God of art and debauchery, ectasy and exuberance is portayed here as a kind of terrorist. A rejection of the strictures of civilisation is a seductive idea, but also a disturbingly destructive one. The frenzied orgiastic violence of the Bacchae is linked here both to suicide bombers and to the invading forces. No one is excused from responsibility for the carnage wrought when civilisations clash.

• Cinéal Dráma

  Athchóiriú/Aistriúchán
  

  Líon na Míreanna

  Dráma Fada

Cast size

• Male

  5

• Female

  8

• Total

  13

Céad Léiriú

• Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

  08 March 2006

• Leiriú

  Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Ionad an Chéad Léirithe

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

Foinse Eolais

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme