The Bacchae of Euripides: A Communion RiteA wholly fresh interpretation of the timeless play by a Nobel Prize winning author. Wole Soyinka has translatedin both language and spirita great classic of ancient Greek theater. He does so with a poet's ear for the cadences and rhythms of chorus and solo verse as well as a commanding dramatic use of the central social and religious myth. In his hands The Bacchae becomes a communal feast, a tumultuous celebration of life, and a robust ritual of the