Outstepping the literal bounds of genre, Euripides' Helen has been referred to by scholars as both a tragedy and a comedy. In this sensitive new translation by James Michie and Colin Leach, Euripide……続きを見る
Winner of the PROSE Award (2022) for Classics
This book argues for a new way of reading tragedy that attends to how bodies in the ancient plays pivot between subject and object, person and thing, li……続きを見る
L’Agamènnone, Le Coèfore, Le Eumènidi, furono rappresentati il 458, nove anni dopo I Sette a Tebe. E sono le tre parti d’un lavoro unico, d’una trilogia, l’unica trilogia sopravvissuta del teatro gr……続きを見る
George Bernard Shaw'Äôs "Caesar and Cleopatra" presents a riveting exploration of power dynamics, identity, and the complexities of leadership through the lens of historical figures. Set against the……続きを見る
著者:Aeschylus
出版社: Wilder Publications, Inc.
発売日: 2021年01月01日
Aeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed, the others being Sophocles and Euripides. He is often described as the father of tragedy: ou……続きを見る
著者:Euripides
出版社: Neeland Media LLC
発売日: 2020年01月08日
Of Euripides’ roughly ninety-two plays, only seventeen tragedies survive. Both ridiculed and lauded during his life, Euripides now stands as one of the greatest innovators of Greek drama. Collected ……続きを見る
Norma Jeane Baker of Troy is a partly spoken, partly sung performance piece by poet, essayist, and scholar Anne Carson, and an exploration of the lives and myths of Marilyn Monroe and Helen of Troy-……続きを見る
Pentheus has banned the wild, ritualistic worship of the god Dionysos. A stranger arrives to persuade him to change his mind. Euripides electrifying tragedy is a struggle to the death between freedo……続きを見る
Gustav Schwab's “Die schönsten Sagen des klassischen Altertums”, zwischen 1838 ー 1840 in drei Teilen veröffentlicht, ist ein Klassiker der deutschen Jugendliteratur. Für Generationen war dieses Wer……続きを見る
Eschyle ( 525 av. J.-C.- 456 av. J.-C), est le plus ancien des trois grands tragiques grecs. Précédé par d'autres dramaturges, il participe à la naissance du genre tragique grâce à certaines innovat……続きを見る
This book introduces readers who may have no previous knowledge of Menander's comedies to Epitrepontes (The Arbitration), arguably the most exquisitely crafted of his better-preserved plays. It expl……続きを見る
Três Tragédias de Jean Racine é uma profunda reflexão sobre o destino humano, os dilemas morais e as paixões que movem os indivíduos dentro dos limites de uma sociedade régida por normas imutáveis. ……続きを見る
著者:Rob Hardy
出版社: Hero Now Theatre
発売日: 2019年07月05日
The essence of Aeschylus's famous trilogy in a single play that speaks forcefully to today's audiences. In lean, lyrical poetry, Rob Hardy's adaptation highlights all the glory of the original:
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The production of 472 is the only one by Aeschylus that is known to have consisted of four plays whose stories were, on the face of it, unrelated - indeed, they were not even placed in proper chrono……続きを見る
The Persians is the second and only surviving part of a now otherwise lost trilogy that won the first prize at the dramatic competitions in Athens’ City Dionysia festival in 472 BCE. It takes place ……続きを見る
Often called the father of Greek tragedy, Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.) was the earliest and possibly the greatest of the Greek tragic poets. Altogether he may have written as many as 90 plays (including……続きを見る
The theme of revenge and blood-curse continues to haunt the House of Atreus. At first glance it might seem as if there is indeed no end to this recurring tragedy that has been playing itself out in ……続きを見る
A shrine is stronger than a tower to save, A shield that none may cleave. Step swift thereto, And in your left hands hold with reverence The white-crowned wands of suppliance, the sign Beloved of Ze……続きを見る
The Eumenides is the final play of the Oresteia, in which Orestes is hunted down and tormented by the Furies, a trio of goddesses known to be the instruments of justice. He pleads with the goddess A……続きを見る