Yet again, I think that ancient Greek myth and tragedy is crying out for good adaptations in film. This from the Bacchae could be such a good visual with the right handling:
"They carried fire on their hair, but it did not burn them."
ἐπὶ δὲ βοστρύχοις
πῦρ ἔφερον, οὐδ᾽ ἔκαιεν.
(Euripides, Bacchae, 757-8)
(The rest of the Bacchae could be pretty metal on screen too.)
Despite facing significant obstacles in securing rehearsal and performance spaces due to the closure of Lawrence Tower, the show will go on for Off The Lake Productions. The student-run, service-based theater organization is gearing up to bring its latest theatrical productions of “Trojan Women” and “Legally Blonde” to life at the Ohio Musical Theater Institute […]
And here are some photos of one of the sections of The Greeks that features Mira Anju as Helen of Troy.
(Disc 3 of the DVD set)
#MiraAnju #安寿ミラ #TheGreeks #グリ一クス #theatre #japanesetheatre #YukioNinagawa #蜷川幸雄 #greektragedy #HelenOfTroy #japan #日本
@Bronwyn When I was in graduate school taking a course on Aeschylus, I mentioned to the professor that I found parts of the 'Agamemnon' to be funny.
The professor made me swear never to teach tragedy.
(Although I am not a Hellenist, that was a promise I did not keep, as several years later I did get assigned to teach Greek Civilisation, which included ancient tragedies in translation. I did not, however, teach them as comedies.)
𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘂𝘀 𝗕𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱” 𝗯𝘆 𝗔𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗵𝘆𝗹𝘂𝘀 -
Strangely still too relevant a classic drama of one who stands alone against politics based in fear, who gives mankind nothing less than culture and the concepts of self-will and hope.
#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #3words #aeschylus #greektragedy #prometheus #martyr #drama #classicalage #classics #mythology
A full audio adaptation of Iphigenia - direct to your ears!
Rather pleasing to see the rules of ancient #GreekTragedy
(and Roman, Jacobean etc etc)
about to be played out on the London stage:
#Hubris overreaches.
#Nemesis results.
#SicTransitGloriaSuellae?
Exit #Braverman
Pursued, one presumes, by a bear?
οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin
Columbus - Feeds
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Shantell Powell
Michael Meckler
Waywords Studio
SoloRunStudio
Artemisia Vulgaris
Laura Sykes #Greeneralia