Dark side of a party god

From: Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA. | Date: May 8, 2008| Author: Al Rudis | Copyright information

He's charismatic, he captivates women, he's a musician, he's countercultural and he kills people.

On "Jeopardy,!" the answer in the form of a question, might be, "Who is Charles Manson?"

Or it might be "Who is Dionysus?" One of the main characters of Euripides' ancient Greek classic, "The Bacchae," Dionysus, also known as Bacchus, is the Greek god of wine and theater, and the Bacchae are his followers.

When director Helen Borgers of the Long Beach Shakespeare Company decid...

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