Greek Tragedy
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Reviews
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Drama
Orca, Southwark Playhouse – Review
A confident debut production with some hard-hitting moments – I just wish the difficult questions posed by the play had…
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Oedipus Retold, Tristan Bates Theatre – Review
Despite the disparity between the two pieces, overall a thought-provoking production with enough intelligent humour to make a heavy subject…
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Our Ajax, Southwark Playhouse – Review
SophoclesAdapted by Timberlake WertenbacherDirected by David Mercatali★★★ Pros: Thought provoking and deeply meaningful script, raising questions of life and death…
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Prometheus Bound, White Bear Theatre
Aeschylus, translated by Paul Elmer More Directed by Cieranne Kennedy Bell ★★★ Pros: An ancient and powerful story that is…
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Oedipus, Blue Elephant Theatre
Sophocles Directed by Ricky Dukes ★★★★ Pros: A brilliant example of how Greek Tragedy can be made relevant to the…
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The Trojan Women, Gate Theatre
Caroline Bird, After EuripidesDirected by Christopher Haydon★★★★★ Pros: An excellent and original reworking of the Greek text with stellar performances…
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Antigone, National Theatre
Sophocles, in a new version by Don TaylorDirected by Polly Findlay★★★★ Pros: great performances, short, snappy staging. Cons: Greek tragedies…
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The Oresteia, Riverside Studios
Aeschylus, translated by Ted HughesDirected by Anastasia Revi★★★ Pros: An engaging production of a Greek classic with some great imagery…
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