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The BacchaiEuripides Greek tragedy The Bacchai (or just Bacchai) is a brutal, wild and darkly comic play. I saw Kneehighs wonderful production of it in 2004, and when I was looking for a text from an unfamiliar theatre tradition which would offer rich exploratory potential for my students it seemed like the perfect choice. The focus of this scheme of work is an exploration of the play as a director and as an actor, and the ultimate outcome, in assessment terms,

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and well-established group and pair work

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Creating a range of audience responses – from fear through deliberate confrontation to the laughter and recognition of the more ‘difficult’ parts of themselves

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To explore synoptically the thematic and contextual meanings contained in the whole playtext

It is a difficult and challenging text

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