Marcus Licinius Crassus probably never saw a production of The Bacchae — there is no record of Euripides’ bloody tragedy being put on in Rome in the 1st century BC — but he played a starring role in it at the end of his life. Or, technically, just... read full story
"Tonight, the role of Pentheus, an arrogant leader who was ripped to pieces after daring to defy an eastern power, will be played by . . ."