List of contributors Acknowledgements Preface Introduction - Bacchae in Context (David Stuttard) 1. Perspectives on the Impact of Bacchae in its Original Performance, Edith Hall (King's College London, UK) 2. Bacchae and Earlier Tragedy, Alan H. Sommerstein (University of Nottingham, UK) 3. Family Reunion or Household Disaster? Exploring Plot-Diversity in Euripides' Last Production, Ioanna Karamanou (University of the Peloponnese, Greece) 4. Staging in Bacchae , Rosie Wyles (University of Kent, UK) 5. Looking at the Bacchae in Bacchae , Chris Carey (University College London,UK) 6. Mysteries and Politics in Bacchae , Richard Seaford (University of Exeter, UK) 7.

'A Big Laugh': Horrid Laughter in Euripides' Bacchae , James Morwood (University of Oxford, UK) 8. New Religion and Old in Euripides' Bacchae , David Kovacs (University of Virginia, USA) 9. Paradoxes and Themes in Bacchae , Alex Garvie (University of Glasgow, UK) 10. Euripides' Bacchae - a Revenge Play, Hanna Roisman (Colby College, USA) 11. The Grandsons of Cadmus, Sophie Mills (University of North Carolina, USA) 12. Bacchae in the Modern World, Betine van Zyl Smit (University of Nottingham, UK) Euripides' Bacchae , translated by David Stuttard Bibliography Index.