Euripides - Performing Arts 1

Datada hacia el 428 a.C., “ Alcestis” es una de las primeras tragedias conservadas del dramaturgo griego Eurípides. En ella cuenta la historia de Alcestis, la única hija del tirano Pelias (tío de Ja……続きを見る

Datada hacia el 423 a.C. “Las Suplicantes” es una de las más afamadas tragedias de Eurípides. La obra se abre con las madres de los argivos caídos en el ataque a las siete puertas de Tebas, refugiad……続きを見る

Drama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little Price At the whim of Dionysos, a son is torn to pieces by his own mother during the famous women-only Bacchanalian ritual. The story of reve……続きを見る

Euripides' classic story of the woman who murders her own children in revenge for her husband's infidelity, here given a distinctive Scots flavour by the poet and playwright Liz Lochhead. Lochhead's……続きを見る

An explosive retelling of the most savage and powerful of ancient myths - the story of avenging siblings, Electra and Orestes - premiered by Shared Experience Theatre Company. As children, Orestes a……続きを見る

“Hippolytus is an Ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides, based on the myth of Hippolytus, son of Theseus. The play was first produced for the City Dionysia of Athens in 428 BC.” (Citation from Wikipedi……続きを見る

Euripides (c. 480 BC 406 BC) was one of the great trilogy of playwrights during the Golden Age of Athens, along with Aeschylus and Sophocles. In addition to these three Ancient Greeks writing some ……続きを見る

Five plays from around the country that illustrate the rich tradition of Indigenous storytelling as it flourishes in contemporary theatre. 'Each play is a durable, resilient stone that both builds u……続きを見る

“The Bacchae” is a Euripides tragedy, written while the author was at the court of Archelao, king of Macedonia, between 407 and 406 BC Euripides died a few months after completing it. The work was r……続きを見る

In classical mythology, Phaethon is the child of the sun god Helios, who tries to drive his father's chariot and is killed in the attempt. Euripides explains how this happened: Helios had seduced Ph……続きを見る

'What I intend to do is wrong, but the rage of my heart is stronger than my reason – that is the cause of all men’s foulest crimes.' Medea is the archetypal wronged woman driven to despair. When unc……続きを見る

Medea, whose magical powers helped Jason and the Argonauts take the Golden Fleece, remains one of the strongest female characters ever to appear on stage. In the play she kills her own children. Pla……続きを見る