Tag: Greek tragedy
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Mary Beard on Medea
Friday 8th August 2014
blogQuote of the day: “There are awkward tensions between Euripides and Ben Power; o…
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Medea
Thursday 24th July 2014
blogText of the day: “First silence, then darkness.”
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The Kingdom, Soho Theatre
Monday 29th October 2012
reviewNew Irish play about myth and migration is immensely ambitious, but also intract…
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Antigone, National Theatre
Wednesday 30th May 2012
reviewThe classic Greek tragedy of duty gets a makeover, but its female lead is disapp…
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Long Day’s Journey into Night, Apollo Theatre
Wednesday 11th April 2012
reviewHuge and big-hearted American classic boasts great acting from David Suchet and …
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Phaedra’s Love, Arcola Theatre
Friday 30th September 2011
reviewSarah Kane’s bleakly funny 1996 play about spoilt, vicious royals is unconvincin…
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About Antigone
Wednesday 25th May 2011
blogYesterday, I was at a new production of Sophocles’s Antigone at the Southwark Pl…
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Electra, Gate Theatre
Wednesday 13th April 2011
reviewOff-West End production of Sophocles’s classic is better on visual atmosphere th…
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Welcome to Thebes, National Theatre
Tuesday 22nd June 2010
reviewFresh updating of Antigone emphasises the story’s contemporary relevance — and a…
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