In the modern play the main tragedy is the businessman's, an apt Marxist aside. There is also the element of the absurd in Mouthful . One is reminded of Ionesco, perhaps Genet, and at times we observe Beckett's bleak humor. Pinter also comes to mind in the various ritual transformations. Churchill's women are allowed to be violent, and use their violence for fulfilling professional lives.
Men can be women, and women men.
Dionysus is a facilitator for self-discovery. The psychological lines are clear, whereas Euripides was telling us that story, and a story very much about the abuse of power. The ancient poet concentrated more on plot than character, although the plot certainly revealed character. Pentheus, refusing to recognize the god in the city, and himself, is violently punished. In A Mouthful of Birds the characters go through violence as if it were a tunnel for self-discovery.