An exuberant comedy about four likely lasses from the Hull fish docks on a day trip to the races; from the author of Be My Baby. Work; love and life are just one long; hard slog for the fish-filleting foursome Pearl; Jan; Shelley and Linda. But their fortunes are set to change when Linda finds tickets to Ladies Day at Royal Ascot the year it relocated to York. Out go the hairnets; overalls and wellies as the four ditch work; do themselves up to the nines and head off to the races for a drink; a flirt and a flutter. If their luck holds; they could hit the jackpot - and more besides... With its Yorkshire heart and soul it has all the warmth of a Calendar Girls or a Full Monty - Yorkshire Post Hull Truck Theatre Company clearly has a hit on its hands - Hull Daily Mail Exuberantly up-to-the-minute comedy - Guardian
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. the sleep of reasonBy horse with no name"The Bacchae;" along with Sophocles "Oedipus at Colonus;" marks the end of the great age of Greek tragedy. The conventional wisdom about this play--at least since Friedrich Nietzsche--is that here Euripides repented his earlier rationalist debunking of the Olympian pantheon and returned to the simple faith of his ancestors. I have my doubts. "The Bacchae" resembles nothing so much as a cautionary tale of the 1960s counterculture. While Pentheus; with his mental rigidity and fear of change; bears a striking resemblance to the hero of Chinua Achebes "Things Fall Apart;" Dionysus brings to mind such charismatic--and deadly--cult leaders as Charles Manson; David Koresh; and Jim Jones. Interestingly Dionysus entourage; like the Manson family; is almost exclusively female. The disgusting savagery of Dionysian ritual illustrates the dangers of abandoning reason; logic; and human decency to follow our dark primitive instincts. A modern treatment of the same theme is Thomas Tryons "Harvest Home." Paul Woodruff provided the highly informative introduction (although I disagree thoroughly with his conclusions) and his translation into vigorous; straightforward contemporary English gives us a glimpse of what a shattering impact "The Bacchae" must have had on its first audience. "The Bacchae" may well be one of the most disturbing creations in the western literary canon.10 of 10 people found the following review helpful. Ripping good translationBy Mcbruce56The play of a king who defied and ridiculed a God; and was torn apart by women as punishment. This translation is supple; clear; poetic. The notes are instructive. The introduction does get a little tedious in reviewing every possible interpretation of the play; but if youre reading this for school; you might be grateful for it. A very fine job. He even (sort of) explains th ed cover of Elvis; whom he equates to the young God. Now that would be a staged version to see: Elvis as Bacchus!4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. 2500+ Years Later; Still Astonishingly MovingBy JudithEven though the circumstances arent current - citizens running off to the countryside to worship Bacchae - and the drama is not what moderns expect - most of the action takes place offstage; there is something in this play that is moving and still speaks to the human experience - at least it did to me. Perhaps its simply that the characters are thoroughly invested in what they believe to be right and true - and they are also deluded - and pay heavily; the heaviest possible price. Impossible not to be moved by that fundamental human experience even if circumstances are completely different now.I am not competent to judge the translation; other than it was easy to read. The notes were comprehensive; the opening introduction was very helpful.
