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Your search for: Electra AND Sophocles


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Research Topics on: Electra and Sophocles

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Books on: Electra and Sophocles

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Journal Articles on: Electra and Sophocles

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Magazine Articles on: Electra and Sophocles

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    Electra
    Magazine article by Celia Wren; Commonweal, Vol. 126, January 29, 1999
    Subjects: 
    Theater--Reviews
    Collections: Entire Library

    Electra by Celia Wren The new Broadway Electra is a heroine with an attitude. Mourning for her father...Clytemnestra killed him, the eponymous heroine of the Sophocles tragedy Electra is obstinate, opinionated, and more than a little smug...
     
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    "Electricidad": A Chicano Take on the Tragedy of "Electra"
    Magazine article by Luis Alfaro; American Theatre, Vol. 23, February 2006
    Subjects: 
    Alfaro, Luis--Interviews, Dramatists--Interviews, Playwrights--Interviews
    Collections: Entire Library

    ...get the idea to adapt Electra? ILLUSTRATION OMITTED...know, youre reading Electra and its basically the...story is closer to the Sophocles version, but the spirit...everything she knows. Electra is so immediate because...start of the play in Sophocles version? I became excited...
     
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    Season Preview 2002-03
    Magazine article; American Theatre, Vol. 19, October 2002
    Collections: Entire Library

    ...Michael Wilson from Dickens. Nov 29-Dec 28. Electra, Sophocles; dir: Jonathan Wilson. Jan 9-Feb 9. The Trip...Loretta Greco. Jan 8-Feb 9. Mourning Becomes Electra, ONeill; dir: Gordon Edelstein. Nov 19-Dec 22...
     
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    Season Preview 2009-10
    Magazine article; American Theatre, Vol. 26, October 2009
    Subjects: 
    Fishes
    Collections: Entire Library

    ...adapt: Kevin Kling; music: Michael Koerner; dir: Matt Wallace. Oct 6-Nov 13. Antigone, adapt: Greg Banks from Sophocles; dir: Andrew D. Harris. Oct 19-30. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Barbara Robinson; dir: Andrew D. Harris. Nov...
     
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    Alaska
    Magazine article; American Theatre, Vol. 27, January 2010
    Subjects: 
    Theater companies--Directories
    Collections: Entire Library

    ...Jan 15-Feb 21. Seattle Shakespeare Company, (206) 733-8222, www.seattleshakespeare.org Electra, adapt: Frank McGuinness from Sophocles; dir: Sheila Daniels. Jan 7-31. Taproot Theatre Company, seattle, (206) 781-9707, www...
     

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Newspaper Articles on: Electra and Sophocles

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    A Classic Recharged Goodman's 'Electricidad' a Great Reworking of Greek 'Electra'
    Newspaper article by Jack Helbig; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 2, 2004
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...another great Greek writer, Sophocles, devoted a whole play to Electras...that play, fittingly entitled "Electra," Sophocles shows us, sometimes in heart-wrenching detail, all that Electra goes through mourning her father...
     
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    'Electra' Can Still Provide a Shock
    Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 26, 2005
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...fathers death? Electra, a woman stripped...militaristic rendering of Sophocles classic Greek tragedy...STARS WHAT: "Electra," by Sophocles, adapted by Frank...her portrayal of Electra in the MetroStage production of Sophocles play. NO CREDIT
     
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    Electra-Fying Chance for Young Actors
    Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), August 26, 2009
    Subjects: 
    Actors, Actresses
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...to tomorrows opening. For Electra, the youth theatre is once...versions of the powerful tale of Electra by Greek greats Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, exploring each...Rhiannon Ashcroft said: "Electra is a fantastic piece. "Taking...
     
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    Young Actors Take on Greek Tragedy; Arts Newsbulletin
    Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), August 3, 2009
    Subjects: 
    Actors, Actresses
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...adaptation of the Greek tragedy Electra this summer. The organisation...versions of the powerful tale of Electra by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, exploring each...voices in this modern drama. Electra is a story of family and identity...
     
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    On the Cheap
    Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 28, 2008
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...773) 598-4549 or gorillatango.com Electra The Garrick Players presents Sophocles tragedy of a vengeful daughter who pressures...their adulterous and murderous mother in "Electra." 8 p.m. today; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday...
     

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Encyclopedia Articles on: Electra and Sophocles

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    Electra
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ELECTRA ilek tr , in Greek mythology...Aegisthus murdered Agamemnon, Electra, eager for revenge, longed...great tragedians Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. However...the work of Euripides did Electra take an active part in the...
     
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    Sophocles
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    SOPHOCLES sof klez, c.496 b.c...wealth, charm, and genius, Sophocles was given posts of responsibility...on the Oedipus legend. Electra (date uncertain), the...was written shortly before Sophocles death and was produced in...
     
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    Euripides
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...ranking with Aeschylus and Sophocles . Born in Attica, he lived...Furens (both c.420); Electra (417?); the Trojan Women...construction go beyond Aeschylus and Sophocles, and what his plays may lack...than those of Aeschylus or Sophocles. Among the many translations...
     
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    Orestes , in Greek Mythology
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...Clytemnestra and Agamemnon and brother of Electra and Iphigenia. After the slaying of...avenge the crime. With the assistance of Electra and his friend Pylades, who accompanied...expiation. The story was also used by Sophocles and Euripides...
     
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    Aeschylus
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...tragedy, Aeschylus was the predecessor of Sophocles and Euripides . Aeschylus fought at Marathon...are used an innovation borrowed from Sophocles. Because of its scope, complexity...and Eugene ONeill s Mourning Becomes Electra is an American reworking of the trilogy...
     

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