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Quelques auteurs prétendent que la philosophie a pris naissance chez les barbares : ainsi Aristote, dans le traité de la Magie, et Sotion, au vingt-troisième livre de la Success……続きを見る

The oldest surviving play of the great Greek tragedian Sophocles, "Aias" or "Ajax" unfolds the destiny of the warrior Aias after the Trojan War. He is infuriated with the Greek leaders for awarding ……続きを見る

The theatre of the Italian Renaissance was directly inspired by the classical stage of Greece and Rome, and many have argued that the former imitated the latter without developing a new theatre trad……続きを見る

In the English Renaissance, poetry was imagined to inspire moral behaviour in its readers, but the efficacy of poetry was also linked to 'conjuration,' the theologically dangerous practice of invoki……続きを見る

Much of what we know of Greco-Roman comedy comes from the surviving works of just four playwrightsーthe Greeks Aristophanes and Menander and the Romans Plautus and Terence. To introduce these author……続きを見る

These contemporary translations of four Greek tragedies speak across time and connect readers and audiences with universal themes of war, trauma, suffering, and betrayal. Under the direction of Brya……続きを見る

Actor, a young man of Ancient Greece looking to make a name for himself, ends up on a trail of side-kicking for some of the greatest heroes ever. However, each one seems to be a little off from thei……続きを見る

Lysistrata is a comedy by Aristophanes. First performed in classical Athens in , it is a comic account of one woman's extraordinary mission to end the Peloponnesian War. Lysistrata persuades the wom……続きを見る

The Greek Tragedy in New Translations series is based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves, or who work in collaboration with poets, can properly re-create the celebra……続きを見る

To Laius, King of Thebes, an oracle foretold that the child born to him by his queen Jocasta would slay his father and wed his mother. So when in time a son was born the infant's feet were riveted t……続きを見る

In the centuries since it was first performed, Euripides’s Medea has established itself as one of the most influential of the Greek tragedies. The story of the wronged wife who seeks revenge against……続きを見る

A cycle of thirteen episodes told in Story Theater form, a narrator speaking and life-sized puppets performing simultaneously, Metamorphoses tells the stories from Greek mythologyーfrom the first m……続きを見る

The Rise of the Diva on the Sixteenth-Century Commedia dell’Arte Stage examines the emergence of the professional actress from the 1560s onwards in Italy. Tracing the historical progress of actresse……続きを見る

Classic Roman comedy. According to Wikipedia, "Titus Maccius Plautus (c. 254184 BC), commonly known as Plautus, was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. His comedies are among the earliest su……続きを見る

Two classic Roman comedies. According to Wikipedia, "Titus Maccius Plautus (c. 254184 BC), commonly known as Plautus, was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. His comedies are among the earli……続きを見る

'It's a dreadful thing to yield...but resist now? Lay my pride bare to the blows of ruin? That's dreadful too.' The remarkable story of Greek tragedy's most intrepid heroine. Introducing Little Blac……続きを見る

Extrait : "PACIFIQUE : Ainsi le patron n'est pas là ? LE GARÇON : Non, monsieur Pacifique, non, il n'y est pas. PACIFIQUE : Vous lui ferez assavoir qu'il y a un nouveau règlement de police introduit……続きを見る

Extrait : "Une révolution, qu'elle soit bonne ou qu'elle soit mauvaise pour la société, est toujours profitable à une certaine classe de gens : ceux qui précisément n'ont pas de classe, les déclassé……続きを見る

Extrait : "GENEVIÈVE, se rangeant : Oh ! mon Dieu ! ( Les deux Hommes paraissent. ) PREMIER HOMME : Pourvu que Jean nous attende ! DEUXIÈME HOMME : Oui, le voilà avec sa charrette... PREMIER HOMME :……続きを見る

The second story in the Oedipus Trilogy, "Antigone", examines the conflict between public duty and personal loyalty. Following the banishment of Oedipus, Eteocles and Polyneices kill each other over……続きを見る

One of the most famous poets from classical antiquity, Sophocles was one of three important ancient Greek tragedians, the others being Aeschylus and Euripides. Writing during the 5th century BC, Sop……続きを見る

Medea (Ancient Greek: Πήδεια, MÄ deia) is an ancient Greek tragedy composed by Euripides, based upon the myth of Jason and Medea and first produced in 431 BCE. The plot centers on the actions ……続きを見る

Oedipus the King , also known by its Latin title Oedipus Rex, is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles that was initially performed about 429 BC.  It was the second in order of Sophocles's composit……続きを見る

Breaking new ground in the study of tragedy, early modern theatre, and literary London, Metropolitan Tragedy demonstrates that early modern tragedy emerged from the juncture of radical changes in Lo……続きを見る

Long ago, when gods and heroes walked the earth in triumph and tragedy, true love and epic deeds were set among the stars… Far away, on the distant plains of ancient Ethiopia, Phaethon’s greatest jo……続きを見る

Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in Ne……続きを見る

Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in Ne……続きを見る

William Shakespeare was an english writer, poet and dramatist and actor of Renaissance age. In the world history W. Shakespeare is definetely the most well-known and significant person who influence……続きを見る

The Odyssey (Greek:Odysseia) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other work ascribed to Homer. The poem is fundamental to the……続きを見る

Extrait : "FOLLEVILLE, seul, à la cantonade : Prévenez M. le marquis de Manicamp que le chevalier de Folleville l'attend au salon. (Descendant la scène.) Allons, c'est décidé, il faut que j'en finis……続きを見る