Greek Tragedy: Three Plays Paperback / softback
by Euripides, Sophocles
Part of the NHB Classic Plays series
Paperback / softback
Description
Three of the most famous tragedies from Ancient Greece, all featuring female protagonists - in modern, much-performed translations. This volume, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classic Collections series, contains:Antigone by Sophocles, translated by Marianne McDonald.
The first great 'resistance' drama, and perhaps the definitive Greek tragedy. Bacchae by Euripides, translated by Kenneth McLeish and Frederic Raphael.
The story of revenge by the half-man half-god Dionysos on Pentheus, King of Thebes, and all his people. Medea by Euripides, translated by Kenneth McLeish and Frederic Raphael.
The powerful myth of Medea, who murders her children as revenge for her husband's infidelity.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:160 pages
- Publisher:Nick Hern Books
- Publication Date:03/10/2005
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- ISBN:9781854598479
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:160 pages
- Publisher:Nick Hern Books
- Publication Date:03/10/2005
- Category:
- ISBN:9781854598479
