“The Bacchae,” part of a new PBS series.

Brad — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:06:19 +0000

Okay, I just spent a solid 3 1/2 hours giving an on-camera interview for a major PBS series which will air next year. I discussed Euripides’ THE BACCHAE at what I can safely refer to as considerable length. I have a renewed appreciation for what actors go through, believe me! I was interviewed, along with Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka, actor Alan Cumming and famed stage director Richard Schechner. The show is being produced by Annie Wong.

I was asked to read from a published text (not my favorite translation, I’m sorry to say), which was pretty scary. I mean, it’s only one of the most difficult pieces ever written. I was asked all manner of incredibly challenging question and had to talk off the cuff while standing at a mark for the entire 3 1/2 hours. I got to talk about Freud, Jung, Charles Manson, the Loudun Possessions of 1634, Newtonian physics, the Beatles, the films of John Boorman, and Pagan spirituality. By all accounts, the session went well.

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“The Bacchae,” part of a new PBS series.