Spring 2008
Richmond School
in association with the Georgian Theatre Royal
presents
Doctor Faustus and The Bacchae
Wednesday 19th March
Time: 7.30pm
Tickets: £6
AS-Level Drama students bring to life a glittering pair of plays, written two thousand years apart but equally compelling. Each drama depicts an arrogant man who defies divine powers, with shocking results.
In Marlowe’s play of 1604, the sorcerer Faust sells his soul to the Devil, trading virtue for sensuous excess. In Euripides’ tragedy of 404BC, by contrast, an uptight ruler represses ecstatic rituals and pays the price to the god of sensuality, Dionysus. From the seven deadly sins to the wildest hedonism, Richmond School’s Performing Arts specialism is on vivid display in these two dark masterpieces.
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