La mitología clásica y su proyección contemporánea: "Las Bacantas" de Salvador Távora
Classic Mythology and Its Contemporary Sequels: Salvador Távora’s "The Bacchae"

Summary/Abstract: Salvador Távora, the playwright from Sevilla, revisits Euripides’ well-known play in his work The bacchaes. In order to accommodate the ancient theme to the “flamenco” code, he makes use of the “cante jondo”, one of the Andalusian folk dances, of the ”cantaores” and the ”bailaores”, as well as of other means of the “gipsy aesthetics”. In so doing, Távora updates the classical tragedy to modern times. The main idea remains that humans are subject to powers beyond their reach and comprehension, and the conclusion is that man should remain open to miracles and to mystery.

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