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Book & Review Forums: The Bacchae

Lessons to be learnt

3 out of 5

Gripping stuff - both sad and cautionary. Wimmins liberation is nothing new, but what good does it do them? Don't piss-off gods either, or tempt fate if you are agnostic - hubris can be a terrible thing. On a technical note it is wonderful to see how a play can develop by describing actions off-stage - I am sure there is an expression for this - but given the limitations of the Greek staging, it works well here.

One couldn't help but imagine the backcloth to be a vast landscape by Claude Lorraine of mountains, sea and distant palaces.

A ripping (literally and figuratively!) yarn - pity about the missing pages.

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  • Thanks for the thoughtful review. Not sure what you mean about the missing pages--did you notice that there seemed to be parts missing from the text? Please let us know so we can get it corrected.

    MaggieHJan 6, 2009 9:46 am
    by MaggieH (admin)

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