Delacorte Theatre

Shakepeare in the Park at the Delacorte Theatre

Walking into the Shakespeare in the Park performance at the Delacorte Theatre, the vampire-esque music in the background let the audience know right from the start that the Greek play, The Bacchae by Euripides, was going to be dramatic.  A tragedy?  Yes, but also a horror story.

The story centers on a government that has outlawed love. The horror comes in when the people get a visit from the god of wine, Dionysus (also called Bacchus, and very well played by Jonathan Groff), and they refuse to worship him by joining in drink and revelry. This is when Dionysus’s possessed worshipers, called the Bacchae, descend to terrorize the Greek town of Thebes. [click to continue…]

Tagged as: Delacorte Theatre, Shakespeare in the Park, The Public Theater

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