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FRANCES VINER |
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Plays by Frances Viner |
In Blood: The Bacchae | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2009 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #94354 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
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Synopsis: | The Arcola Theatre's latest production of In Blood: The Bacchae is both innovative and daring. Proudly announcing itself as "Britain's first ever professional Capoeira production", In Blood is loosely based on Euripides' classical Greek tragedy. Part of the 2009 Brazilian Season, In Bloodexplores a 1920s underworld full of guns and cocaine, corrupt policemen and disaffected knife-wielding thugs. Into this world is born Besouro, a historical figure who has achieved mythical status as a Brazilian Robin Hood. As an Afro-Brazilian, Besouro was already one of an underclass, suffering the racial harassment of fairer-skinned Brazilians who seemed incapable of accepting the black community in their midst. Like the Greek god Dionysus, subject of Euripides' play, Besouro has also suffered the tragic and violent loss of his mother. Describing the horrific scene, Besouro remembers seeing his mother's body, having been gunned down in the street. He also remembers that the spot where she died is regularly visited by her murderer, who leaves a single red rose on the road. Trouble is, her murderer is Gordilho, now chief of the local police. Besouro might seek revenge but, like his Greek counterpart, he prefers to humiliate those he hates rather than murder them outright. Besouro practices what Euripides described nearly two-and-a-half thousand years ago as "smooth-tempered self-control". Instead of avenging angel, Besouro is a scurrying beetle -- a black beetle. Besouro's weapon, the game of Capoeira -- part Brazilian martial art, part acrobatic dance and music tradition, full of ritualistic passion and skill derived from an African past. Gordilho is challenged to a duel; his acceptance only highlights his ineffectiveness. Humiliation is the final, devastating blow of a Capoeiristra. | |||||
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Viva Peckham | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1996 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #35591 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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