The easy conflation of god(s) and country-what might be called the dual foundations of justice-is challenged and explored in Sophocles' "Philoctetes". Odysseus's consistent appeal to the common good ...

The dramas of Sophocles are part of the glory that was Greece, but rarely in this day and age are they part of the theater that is ours. Once in a while, a director like Joanne Akalaitis will strike ...

David Strathairn reads scenes from Ajax and Philoctetes during a Theater of War performance. He will be participating in a free program at Amherst College Thursday night. AMHERST - David Strathairn ...

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The screams of agony from the soldier echoed through the ballroom-turned-theater, forcing a hushed whisper among those witnessing his sudden break with reality. He was no longer with his wife, seated ...

The Harvard Classical Club will produce the "Philoctetes" of Sophocles on the evenings of March 15 and 17 in the Lowell House dining room, it was announced yesterday. The production will be under the ...

Like many a modern poet before him, Seamus Heaney has sought to reinvigorate verse drama through a reshaping of the great ancient plays/poems of the Greeks. “The Cure at Troy,” the only play by the ...