Iphigenia in Tauris
Iphigenia in Tauris by Euripides was first performed in 414 BCE. Euripides and the Greeks considered it a tragedy even …
Category Archives: Plays
Medea
What an amazing play is Medea by Euripides. I read an edition from 2006 translated by the poet Michael Collier …
King Lear
I finished reading King Lear over the weekend. I can definitely say I enjoy reading it before seeing it acted …
Seeing Lear
Yesterday Bookman and I went to Edina Cinema just a short jaunt from our house to see an encore screening …
Is Shakespeare Unequaled?
You know, when it has been a span of time since I have read or seen a Shakespeare play I …
Andromache, or Waiting for Neoptolemus
Andromache by Euripides is a jam-packed play that goes from Andromache under threat of murder to a fight between Peleus, …
Trojan Women
Trojan Women by Euripides was first produced in 415 BCE. Athens had just captured Melos. All the men of Melos …
Hecuba
My days of poking fun at ancient Greek plays are over. Hecuba is too awesome to make fun of. Euripides …
The Bacchae
Two Euripides plays in a row! See what happens when the library book is due tomorrow? But before I get …
The Phoenician Women
The Phoenician Women by Euripides is a sort of mash-up of Seven Against Thebes and Antigone and it messes around …
