Two Suns: My Encounter with the Text, Translation, and Performance of Euripides' Bakkhai
Euripides' Bakkhai is an intensely charismatic and enduring play. In this thesis, I compose a new translation of the ancient work, while staging a production of the play simultaneously. I discuss how my work on the new performance, staging the play in modern conventions of theatre, affects the translation. Furthermore, I include my production notes: diaries of my questions, thoughts, decisions, and problems while staging the play. Using a narrative arc and the deeply personal nature of the play, I weave together for the reader my own story with that of Euripides, in order to create something unique, momentary, and immediate.
Item Description
Name(s)
Author: Archibald, Edward Arthur
Thesis advisor: Szegedy-Maszak, Andrew
Date
April 15, 2017
Extent
173 pages
Language
eng
Genre
Physical Form
electronic
Discipline
Rights and Use
In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Restrictions on Use
Access limited to Wesleyan Community only. Please contact wesscholar@wesleyan.edu for more information.
Digital Collection
PID
ir:2058