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Soyinka’s Bacchae at the National - Adam Lecznar

Researchers’ Tales

A lecture on the 1971 National Theatre production of Euripides' The Bacchae adapted by Wole Soyinka and directed by Roland Joffe. 

Adam Lecznar, a doctoral student in Classics at University College London, discusses Wole Soyinka's The Bacchae of Euripides: A Communion Rite (1973) and explores how Soyinka's drama develops and questions Euripides' original ancient Greek tragedy. Lecznar explores the influence of the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche on this first production of Soyinka's play, the National's commissioning of Soyinka, and charts the interplay between African and European sources

Speaker - Adam Lecznar

Wednesday 1 June 2011, 6 - 7pm (Please note the amended start time)

Call 020 7452 3000 or book online to reserve you place for this free lecture. Limited availability.

Venue: John Lyon Education Studio, National Theatre Studio, 83-101, The Cut, SE1 8LL

Soyinka’s Bacchae at the National - Adam Lecznar finished on: 1 June 2011

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