"Euripides, the Athenian playwright who dared to question the whims of
wanton gods, has always been the most intriguing of the Greek
tragedians. Now, with translations aimed at the stage rather than the
page, his restless intellect strikes the chord This volume contains
some of Euripides' most famous works: Elektra, which reverses previous
notions of 'heroic' behaviour; Orestes, in which almost all the
characters are driven by base motives of cowardice or revenge;
Iphigeneia in Tauris who presumes her brother Orestes dead and her
mother Klytemnestra and stepfather Aigisthos still living, is visited
by a surprise guest. Elektra, Oresetes and Iphigeneia in Tauris were
performed together as Agamemnon's children at The Gate Theatre in 1995
and show the consequences of Agamemnon's "sacrifice" of his daughter
at the start of the Trojan war.
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ISBN
9781408148822
Publisert
2015
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Methuen Drama
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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