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Euripides Plays: 2
Cyclops; Hecuba; Iphigenia in Aulis; Trojan Women
Av Euripides, J. Michael Walton
Häftad, 1991
284 kr
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Published in the new Methuen Classical Dramatists series Euripides' searching, poetic voice probes the waste and suffering of war in these plays which are set wake of the Trojan defeat to reflect the playwright's changing attitude to the real war between Athens and Sparta in his own day - 4th …
Sophocles Plays: 1
Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonnus; Antigone
Av Sophocles
Häftad, 1986
300 kr
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Includes the plays Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone, collectively known as the Theban plays. Starting with Oedipus the King and ending with the ultimate sacrifice of Antigone, his daughter the plays follow the trials of a family cursed by the edict of an oracle that "you will kill …
Sophocles Plays 2
Ajax; Women of Trachis; Electra; Philoctetes
Av Sophocles, J. Michael Walton
Häftad, 1990
300 kr
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Sophocles' greatest plays reissued in the new Classical Greek Dramatists series. Introduced by series editor J Michael Walton Includes the surviving complete plays: Ajax which plots the downfall of Odysseus's greatest Trojan enemy - who slaughters a whole herd of cattle before killing himself; …
Aeschylus Plays: I
The Persians; Prometheus Bound; The Suppliants; Seven Against Thebes
Av Aeschylus
Häftad, 1991
284 kr
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Classic plays reissued in the new Methuen Greek Classics series in a new distinctive style The Persians; based on the destruction of the Persian invaders in 480BC, breaks with the Greek tradition of purely dramatising myths to deals with the recent past and with characters who would have been …
Aeschylus Plays: II
The Oresteia; Agamemnon; The Libation-bearers; The Eumenides
Av Aeschylus, J. Michael Walton
Häftad, 1991
284 kr
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Four of Aeschylus' greatest plays reissued in the new Classical Greek Dramatists series Includes the Oresteia trilogy, a key sequence of plays within the Western dramatic tradition - widely studied in schools and universities. Agamemnon tells the tale of the king's return from the battle of Troyto …
Aristophanes Plays: 1
Acharnians; Knights; Peace; Lysistrata
Av Aristophanes
Häftad, 1993
219 kr
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Reissue of Aristophanes' most famous plays in the Methuen Classical Greek Dramatists series Aristophanes was a unique writer for the comic stage as well as one of the most revealing about the society for which he wrote.
Aristophanes Plays: 2
Wasps; Clouds; Birds; Festival Time; Frogs
Av Aristophanes
Häftad, 1993
300 kr
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Reissue of Aristophanes' most famous plays in the Methuen Classical Greek Dramatists series Aristophanes is the oldest comedic writer in Western literature. Although only eleven of the some forty plays he wrote survive, his unique blend of slapstick, fantasy, bawy and political satire provide us …
New Comedy
Women in Power; Wealth; The Malcontent; The Woman from Samos
Av Aristophanes, Menander
Häftad, 1994
300 kr
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An essential book for students of Greek drama and literature: Aristophanes is widely regarded as one of Ancient Greece's foremost satirists - offering students of the period a unique insight into the world of Athens and its theatre Written in the century following the defeat of Athens by the …
Euripides Plays: 3
Alkestis; Helen; Ion
Av Euripides
Häftad, 1997
300 kr
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Published in the new Methuen Classical Dramatists series The three plays in this volume straddle the borders between comedy and tragedy. Alkestis is a moving "romance" with death; it has parallels to Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale. Helen, an alternative version of the tragic portrayal of the …
Euripides Plays: 4
Elektra; Orestes and Iphigeneia in Tauris
Av Euripides
Häftad, 1997
284 kr
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"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 …
Euripides Plays: 5
Andromache; Herakles' Children and Herakles
Av Euripides
Häftad, 1997
300 kr
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Published in the new Methuen Classical Dramatists series Written at the height of the Peloponnesian War, the three plays in this volume highlight the trivial causes and dire consequences of war and the fate of the innocent. In Andromache, Hektor's widow struggles to survive as the concubine of her …
Euripides Plays: 6
Hippolytos; Suppliants and Rhesos
Av Euripides
Häftad, 1997
284 kr
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Published in the new Methuen Classical Dramatists series A dramatist whose trademark was the unexpected, Euripides has constantly challenged and intrigued audiences, from Athens of the fifth century BC to the present. The three plays in this volume demonstrate Euripides' versatility. Hippolytos …
Euripides Plays: 1
Medea; the Phoenician Women; Bacchae
Av Euripides, J. Michael Walton
Häftad, 2000
300 kr
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Published in the new Methuen Classical Dramatists series. Always controversial, Euripides' plays are now celebrated for the subtlety of their characterisation and their unorthodox dramatic style. This volume contains three of his finest tragedies: Medea, the abandoned wife, who murders her own …
Six Classical Greek Comedies
Birds; Frogs; Women in Power; the Woman from Samos; Cyclops and Alkestis
Av Kenneth McLeish, J. Michael Walton
Häftad, 2002
382 kr
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Six wide ranging classic plays with introduction by the editor The comedies of the Athenian theatre not only lie at the root of Western drama, they also offer a unique insight into everyday life in ancient Greece. This selection of six wide ranging plays includes the comic fantasies of …
Six Greek Tragedies
Persians; Prometheus Bound; Women of Trachis; Philoctetes; Trojan Women; Bacchae
Av Stephen Raphael, Kenneth McLeish m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
414 kr
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A single-volume edition of the major Greek tragedies In a period of sixty-six years, three Athenian playwrights produced a series of tragedies which became a touchstone for drama for the next two and a half thousand years. The six plays in this volume include Aeschylus' Persians (472 BC), the …
Four Roman Comedies
The Haunted House;Casina; or A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Wedding;Eunuch;Brothers
Av Titus Maccius Plautus, Terence m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
398 kr
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Four essential classic plays with an introduction by the editor The comedies of Plautus and Terence are all that survive to us of a great age of Roman comedy theatre. Collected here are four important plays that offer a unique insight into everyday life in ancient Rome, whilst maintaining a pivotal …
Iphigenia
Av Edna O'Brien
Häftad, 2003
300 kr
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The best-selling author's adaptation of one of Euripides' great tragedies In time of war unspeakable unthinkable things are done...Edna O'Brien's critically acclaimed adaptation of the Euripides play dramatises the sacrifice of Agamemnon's daughter to the cause of his campaign to win back Helen of …
Iphigenia At Aulis
Av Euripides
Häftad, 2004
300 kr
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The Greek fleet assembles at the bay of Aulis in readiness to launch an attack on Troy, but the wind suddenly drops and the ships stand idle. Don Taylor's translation is faithful to Euripides' original, and the play confronts us with themes of war and humanity, as valid today as when written over …
Euripides Plays: 4
Elektra; Orestes and Iphigeneia in Tauris
Av Euripides
E-bok, 2013
305 kr
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"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 …
Euripides Plays: 4
Elektra; Orestes and Iphigeneia in Tauris
Av Euripides
E-bok, 2013
298 kr
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"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 …
Aristophanes Plays: 2
Wasps; Clouds; Birds; Festival Time; Frogs
Av Aristophanes
E-bok, 2013
323 kr
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Reissue of Aristophanes'' most famous plays in the Methuen Classical Greek Dramatists series Aristophanes is the oldest comedic writer in Western literature. Although only eleven of the some forty plays he wrote survive, his unique blend of slapstick, fantasy, bawy and political satire provide us …
Aristophanes Plays: 2
Wasps; Clouds; Birds; Festival Time; Frogs
Av Aristophanes
E-bok, 2013
313 kr
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Reissue of Aristophanes'' most famous plays in the Methuen Classical Greek Dramatists series Aristophanes is the oldest comedic writer in Western literature. Although only eleven of the some forty plays he wrote survive, his unique blend of slapstick, fantasy, bawy and political satire provide us …
