Word: sophoclesã
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...think stories are not created, they’re kind of discovered,” he says. “They’re already in the earth and we’re just sort of pulling them out.” Fitting with this claim, he cites Sophocles?? “Oedipus Rex” as the most direct literary influence for “First Snow,” specifically its theme of human nature as a repetitive and predictable manifestation of fate.“Everything that’s going on right now?...
...play’s sense of intimacy approaches that of a film or even a novel. In fact, it’s this sense of closeness that drew director Adam G. Zalisk ’07 to the script. His past three productions were much more canonical: Sophocles?? “Antigone,” Chekhov’s “The Seagull” and Shakespeare’s “Richard II.” “Having a 20-minute scene really allows a kind of depth of...character work that...
Most recently, Heaney’s versatility as a thinker has revealed itself in a new translation of Sophocles?? Antigone, which he discussed last night in Yenching Auditorium. The talk was the final one of a three lecture series which covered a range of literary topics, from the importance of integrating poetry into everyday life to the context of his new book. The translation demonstrates the ways in which his wisdom has stemmed from a variety of sources far beyond his native Ireland...
...outset, Nair did pursue her passion for theater, starring in a Puerto Rican adaptation of Sophocles?? Antigone. In her first semester at Harvard, she won the Boylston Prize for her delivery of one of Jocasta’s speeches from Oedipus...
...crowded onto benches and many had to sit on the floor, but the fine acting and directing made up for the deficiencies in the space. In fact, the up-close-and-personal seating arrangement increased the impact of the gore, violence and emotion found in this modern adaptation of Sophocles?? classic Greek tragedy...