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Euphoria, ecstasy– an abundance of amoral goodness is what comes to mind when I think of The Bacchae. Euripides’ last play is like many final works; radical, disjointed and at some points lacking the ...

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Nima Taleghani is perhaps best known for his role as Mr Farouk in Netflix’s Heartstopper. Now his first play – an adaptation of Euripides’ Bacchae – has become the first debut play in the Olivier ...

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