Greek Roman category: 1023 books

“The Maids” by Jean Genet is a French play titled “Les Bonnes.” The play was first performed on 17th of April, 1947, in Paris.The play was adapted into a movie in the year 1974. It was also adapted for a chamber opera in the year 1994.The play is loosely based on the real life infamous...

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him, of these, eighteen or nineteen have survived complete. Euripides is identified with theatrical innovations that have profoundly...

L’Iliade du vieil Homère ? On la met à toutes les sauces. Mais elle résiste, toujours solide, toujours passionnante. Il y en a bien des adaptations, peu au théâtre, semble-t-il. Celle-ci raconte la Guerre de Troie à ma façon, sur la scène ;...

Pollastra and the Origins of Twelfth Night addresses two closely linked and increasingly studied issues: the nature of the relation of Shakespeare's plays to Italian culture, and the technology of modern theater invented in Renaissance Italy. The discovery of forgotten works by Giovanni Lappoli, known...

Oedipus was the son of King Laius and Queen Jocasta. Before he was born, his parents consulted the Oracle at Delphi. The Oracle prophesied that Oedipus would murder his father and marry his mother. In an attempt to prevent this prophecy's fulfillment, Laius ordered Oedipus's feet to be bound together,...

Love, obsession, revenge, and rage. When the Trojans and the Greeks arrange for a duel between Achilles and Paris to end the war, everyone — including Queen Hecuba and Prince Paris, expect that Achilles will be victorious. After Paris wins, both camps must deal with the aftermath. The Trojans are...

Darkness is a reflection, and Julian is a lonely man until he meets the love of his life. Unfortunately, she is psychotic and drives him into his own madness. His only reprieve is in the arms of a sexbot. But who will win the emotional tug of war, AI or human? It’s closer than you think. The mythology of Narcissus told as a techno-gothic tragedy.​

Extrait : "ANIOUTA, entrant avec précaution une bougie à la main : Personne !... il est remonté dans sa chambre, sans doute... Vite, les rideaux! ... (Elle va au fond et ouvre les rideaux. – Regardant par la fenêtre.) Quelle neige ! la steppe est toute blanche... (S'approchant du bureau.)...

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him, of these, eighteen or nineteen have survived complete. Euripides is identified with theatrical innovations that have profoundly...

A play with a cast of 11 people. Set in ancient Greece, where centaurs and mythical creatures still exist. This story is a continuation of Echo and Narcissus and what happens after.

Exploring Shakespeare's intellectual interest in placing both characters and audiences in a state of uncertainty, mystery, and doubt, this book interrogates the use of paradox in Shakespeare's plays and in performance. By adopting this discourse-one in which opposites can co-exist and perspectives...

Set in the city of Argos a few years after the Trojan war, 'Electra' recounts the tale of Electra and the vengeance that she and her brother Orestes take on their mother Clytemnestra and step father Aegisthus for the murder of their father, Agamemnon.

Sophocles' play is a famous retelling of Aias's (Ajax's) demise. After the armor is awarded to Odysseus, Aias feels so insulted that he wants to kill Agamemnon and Menelaus. Athena intervenes and clouds his mind and vision, and he goes to a flock of sheep and slaughters them, imagining they are the...

This classic of Japanese studies presents extensive information about the history, culture and practice of Noh drama—one of Japan's most treasured dramatic art forms. Noh as an independent and original art form—ultimately destined to supersede the earlier Dengaku, Sarugaku and other song...