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Electra (Sophocles)

Books on: sophocles play

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The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Kolonos, and Antigone

Book by Robert Bagg, Sophocles; University of Massachusetts Press, 2004

Subjects:

Antigone (Greek Mythology)--Drama, Oedipus (Greek Mythology)--Drama, Sophocles--Translations Into English

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Notes. Sophocles: The Theban Plays. By Sophocles. Trans. Robert...Oedipus at Colonus. By Sophocles. Loeb Classical Library Series...trans. Oedipus Tyrannus. By Sophocles. Loeb Classical Library Series...Sophoclea: Studies on the Text of Sophocles. Oxford: Clarendon Press...1971. Rehm, Rush. The Play of Space: Spatial Transformation...
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A Commentary on the Plays of Sophocles

Book by James C. Hogan; Southern Illinois University Press, 1991

Subjects:

Greek Drama (Tragedy)--History And Criticism, Mythology, Greek, In Literature, Sophocles--Criticism And Interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...before his father's death. In Sophocles' version two daughters, Electra...vengeance for Agamemnon's murder. Sophocles' play dramatizes Orestes' return and...probably staged within ten years of Sophocles' play both are usually placed...
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Sophocles and the Tragedy of Athenian Democracy

Book by Josh Beer; Praeger, 2004

Subjects:

Athens (Greece)--Intellectual Life, Democracy In Literature, Mythology, Greek, In Literature, Political Plays, Greek--History And Criticism, Politics And Literature--Greece--Athens, Sophocles--Criticism And Interpretation, Sophocles--Homes And Haunts--Greece--Athens, Sophocles--Political And Social Views, Theater--Greece--Athens--History--To 500

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...the first half of the tragedy. In Sophocles play, the tomb is offstage, but no...However, unlike in Aeschylus play, in which his children are united early on in a common purpose, in Sophocles play, the image of the fallen king...
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Electra and the Empty Urn: Metatheater and Role Playing in Sophocles

Book by Mark Ringer; University of North Carolina Press, 1998

Subjects:

Drama--Technique, Electra (Greek Mythology) In Literature, Greek Drama (Tragedy)--History And Criticism, Mythology, Greek, In Literature, Role Playing In Literature, Sophocles--Electra, Sophocles--Technique

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...highly metatheatrical. Their plays comment upon the process of...boundaries that separate either a play from its audience or one play from another. From a metatheatrical...craftsman begins to emerge. The plays are revealed in a more troubling...this metatheatrical reading of Sophocles, questions involving duality...
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Sophocles Revisited: Essays Presented to Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones

Book by Jasper Griffin, Hugh Lloyd-Jones; Oxford University Press, 1999

Subjects:

Greek Drama (Tragedy)--History And Criticism, Mythology, Greek, In Literature, Sophocles--Criticism And Interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

knowledge of a play, as distinct from a tag...Atrides Epitaphia 3. 3 from Sophocles; but at the school whose...IMPERIAL TRAGEDY A study of Sophocles at Rome is exempt from the...justified demand that Senecas plays be judged as independent works...rhodomontade, and although Sophocles as well as Euripides has been...

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Journal Articles on: sophocles play

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The Apolitics of Antigone's Lament (from Sophocles to Ariel Dorfman)

Journal article by R. Clifton Spargo; Mosaic (Winnipeg), Vol. 41, 2008

Subjects:

Antigone (Sophocles) (Play)--Criticism and interpretation, Injustice, Rebellion, Sophocles--Criticism and interpretation, Sophocles--Works

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...trans. Sophocles: Three Thebian Plays. New York: Penguin, 1982...Jones, Hugh, ed. and trans. Sophocles: Antigone; The Women of Trachis...9.1>(12 June 2008). Sophocles. Three Theban Plays. Trans. Robert Fagles. New...
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"Goodlie Anticke Apparrell"?: Sophocles' Ajax at Early Modern Oxford and Cambridge

Journal article by Sarah Knight; Shakespeare Studies, Vol. 37, 2009

Subjects:

Dramatists--Criticism and interpretation, Dramatists--Works, Playwrights--Criticism and interpretation, Playwrights--Works, Poets--Criticism and interpretation, Sidney, Philip, Sir--Criticism and interpretation, Sophocles--Criticism and interpretation, Sophocles--Works, Tragedies (Drama)--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Wake suggests that Sophocles play was significantly...title was borrowed from Sophocles, still the play was as different in...who comments on the plays action. We see this...distance from the original play, those "live issues...identifies in Homer and Sophocles do not seem to have...particularly compelling to the plays Elizabethan and Jacobean...
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Michael Vickers. Sophocles and Alcibiades: Athenian Politics in Ancient Greek Literature

Journal article by Rush Rehm; Comparative Drama, Vol. 43, 2009

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Sophocles and Alcibiades: Athenian Politics in Ancient Greek Literature (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...first meaning" of five of Sophocles tragedies, and even discover...the first meaning" of the plays he discusses). So, for...ignoring Thucydides (Sophocles contemporary), who attributes...wants to win (Antigone in her play, Ajax in his), or who begins...pierced ankles, and with it Sophocles rich irony in his use of the...
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Roger Travis. Allegory and the Tragic Chorus in Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus

Journal article by Kiki Gounaridou; Comparative Drama, 2002

Subjects:

Allegory and the Tragic Chorus in Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus (Book)--Reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Allegory and the Tragic Chorus in Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus. by Kiki...back to the beginning of the play, and uses different examples...related to the main themes of the play--the issues of age and youth...differentiates the two suppliant plays on the basis of their allegorical...role of the chorus in this play is to control time (khronos...
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Jacques Nichet Directs Sophocles' Antigone

Journal article by Manuel García Martínez; Western European Stages, Vol. 16, 2004

Subjects:

Nichet, Jacques, Theater criticism, Theater directors & producers

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Jacques Nichet Directs Sophocles Antigone by Manuel Garcia Martinez...aspects of the structure of the play and of its tradition of representation...Malik Richeu) sometimes plays the violin while another member plays the flute. The music that...rhythmic progress. Lighting plays a symbolic role. In this tragedy...staging the characters seem to play freely with their fate under...

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Magazine Articles on: sophocles play

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Primal Obligations

Magazine article by Gerald J. Russello; New Criterion, Vol. 26, December 2007

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Books--Book reviews, The Theban Plays of Sophocles (Book)--Book reviews

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...Similarly with the plays. Antigone, for example...as an anti-fascist play in Jean Anouilhs 1944...parallel to a figure like Sophocles (495-406 B.C...way (for writing the play believed to be Antigone, Sophocles was named a general...them worth the honor. Sophocles was born a few years...more than one hundred plays have come down to us...
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Season Preview 2011-12: The Year's Top 10 Most-Produced Plays

Magazine article by Diep Tran; American Theatre, Vol. 28, October 2011

Subjects:

Drama--Appreciation, Drama--Calendars, Drama--Personalities, Plays--Appreciation, Plays--Calendars, Plays--Personalities

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...332-5481, www.ingecenter.org New Play Readings by Inge House Playwrights-in-Residence, Nov 5. Community 24 Hour Plays, Jan 28. New Play Readings by Inge House Playwrights-in...4. In the Next Room, or the vibrator play, Sarah Ruhl; dir: Laura Gordon. Jan...The 36th Humana Festival of New American Plays, Feb 21-Apr 15. Walden Theatre, Louisville...
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That Pretty Pretty; or, the Rape Play

Magazine article by Sheila Callaghan; American Theatre, Vol. 26, April 2009

Subjects:

Callaghan, Sheila--Interviews, Dramatists--Interviews, Playwrights--Interviews

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...This goes on for a bit Blackout. END OF PLAY ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT Sheila Callaghans plays have been produced and developed by Soho...Coast Repertory, Clubbed Thumb, Lark Play Development Center, Actors Theatre of...Crackernuts; That Pretty Pretty; or, The Rape Play; and Fever/Dream. Several of her plays are published by Playscripts and Samuel...
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Authors! Authors! Increasingly, American Stages Are Rife with Collaborative Plays Authored by a Motley of Writers

Magazine article by Jonathan Shandell; American Theatre, Vol. 22, March 2005

Subjects:

Artistic collaboration, Dramatists--Works, Playwrights--Works, Playwriting--Methods

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...Rife with Collaborative Plays Authored by a Motley...short adaptations of Sophocles Antigone. What was...collaboration. Short-play festivals, one-time...hatreds. Does this play even belong with the...a collection of five plays, but as one play in five parts." Even...integrated reworking of Sophocles. Some have sought an...
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Sheila Callaghan Writes Plays with One Finger on the Fast-Forward Button

Magazine article by Sarah Hart; American Theatre, Vol. 25, October 2008

Subjects:

Callaghan, Sheila--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Callaghan, Sheila--Works, Dramatists--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Dramatists--Works, Playwrights--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Playwrights--Works

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...Violence hums beneath the surface of the play, occasionally splintering through in...tweaking of naturalism manages to amplify the plays emotional truthfulness. Meanwhile, Fagan...titled That Pretty Pretty; or The Rape Play--captioned "a fragmented exploration...it will be easier to surrender to the play." ILLUSTRATION OMITTED THE PAST FEW...smart companies with an eye on bold new plays--groups like Chicagos Dog and Pony...

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Newspaper Articles on: sophocles play

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* Elgin Community College Theatre Has Auditions for Sophocles' Greek Tragedy "Aj

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September 10, 2010

Subjects:

Community colleges, Musicians

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...College Theatre Has Auditions for Sophocles Greek Tragedy "Aj. * Elgin...College Theatre has auditions for Sophocles Greek tragedy "Ajax" from...prepare to read scenes from the play. To schedule an appointment...to compete. * Pride Films Plays announces the Great Gay Play Contest to be held in conjunction...
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'History Boys' Top of the Class; English Schoolboys Question Learning Path in Adapted Play

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 8, 2006

Subjects:

The History Boys (Motion picture), The History Boys (Play)

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...can understand Shakespeare and Sophocles if just given the chance. Its...Hytner wisely opens up the play for the screen, expanding the...the boys homes. Two of the plays Tony Award winners are joys...by Alan Bennett based on his play. RUNNING TIME: 104 minutes...
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Our Critics Pick the Best of Edinburgh; Political Plays Take Centre Stage at the Biggest Arts Festival of the Year

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 30, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Best of Edinburgh; Political Plays Take Centre Stage at the Biggest...too, brings a tranche of plays with political themes, with...Pleasance), a reworking of Sophocles Antigone, by Glyn Cannon. Lichtensteins play is about a young Welsh farm...explains in his one-man play what the Palestinian secret...Reekie, as another slew of plays holds a mirror to President...
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KenCen Fund Plays Supporting Role

Newspaper article by Nelson Pressley; The Washington Times, October 15, 1996

Subjects:

Wilson, August

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...creating the Fund for New American Plays. Mr. Stevens, a longtime...that the atmosphere for new plays was stifling. Mr. Stevens...ethnic, and flat-out big plays have all seemed to have a leg...than merely commissioning a play. "The person who wants to...example. The play, based on Sophocles "King Oedipus" but transposed...
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DRAMATIC DOVETAIL: Famous Poet Turns to Stage; First Play Opens at Kennedy Center

Newspaper article by Nelson Pressley; The Washington Times, November 2, 1997

Subjects:

Dove, Rita

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...poet turns to stage; first play opens at Kennedy Center by...night - to turn her hand to plays. Miss Dove already had won...Center Fund for New American Plays. Still, the theater was not...had no expectations for the play - her first - beyond simply...The play is a reworking of Sophocles "Oedipus Rex," set in the...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: sophocles play

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Sophocles

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...charm, and genius, Sophocles was given posts of responsibility...abandoned the trilogy of plays for the self-contained...date), part of a satyr play, and over 1,000 fragments...imperfectly. In his other plays, whether with two or...written shortly before Sophocles death and was produced...it is a quiet, simple play of great beauty and power...
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Aeschylus

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the predecessor of Sophocles and Euripides...submitted four connected plays a tragic trilogy and a lighter satyr play. Achievements and...458. The three plays are Agamemnon...Eumenides; in each play three actors are...innovation borrowed from Sophocles. Because of its...translation of the first play, and Eugene ONeill...translations of his plays. Bibliography See...
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Irony

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...not to be trusted. Dramatic irony occurs in a play when the audience knows facts of which the characters in the play are ignorant. The most sustained example of dramatic irony is undoubtedly Sophocles Oedipus Rex, in which Oedipus searches to find...
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Drama, Western

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Judgment Day. The most famous of these plays is the Second Shepherds Play . Another important type that developed...realism and farce, while the miracle plays in France often emphasized comedy and adventure (see miracle play ). The morality play , a third type of religious drama, appeared early in the 15th cent. Morality plays were religious allegories, the most...
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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...There are 19 of his plays extant (including one...complete extant Greek satyr play; Alcestis (438...beyond Aeschylus and Sophocles, and what his plays may lack in grandeur...

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