James Michie (Translator)
This is probably one of my all time favourite Greek plays, namely because Euripides takes a well known Greek epic and completely turns it on its head. I actually studied this particular play in Greek and Roman Drama and the focus of the lectures was on the idea of appearance and reality. It seems th...
bookshelves: winter-20102011, classic, mythology, play-dramatisation, historical-masturbation, greece, published-412bc Recommended for: Brazilliant Laura Read from February 25 to 28, 2011 ** spoiler alert ** my thoughts - I didn't think I would be sufficiently sitzfleisch to cope with this play t...
Being ignorant of foreign customs makes you gullible.
my thoughts - I didn't think I would be sufficiently sitzfleisch to cope with this play this lunchtime but here we are, at the end, and I rather liked this modern rendition of what can only be called a sting.drama R3 Sunday 27th Feb 2011Don Taylor's translation of the savage tragicomedy by Euripides...