After Euripides, translated by Roger Beck
Univers-Al
A modern adaptation of the Bacchae
Dionysus has returned to Thebes — and Thebes refuses to believe. Univers-Al is a modern adaptation of Euripides' Bacchae, working from Roger Beck's literal translation of the ancient Greek text.
The god arrives in disguise. The city resists. King Pentheus tightens his grip on order while the women of Thebes pour into the mountains, seized by something older than law. What follows is ecstasy, and madness.
Gaia Theatre brings the Bacchae into the present tense — not as a museum piece but as a living question: What is love and what is the cost of it?
Playwright
Euripides
Translation
Roger Beck (literal translation)
Form
Greek tragedy — modern adaptation
Year
2026