Sunday, 28. May 2006, 22:10:02
English posts, Germany, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, theatre
The plot of the play "Iphigenie in Tauris"
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
This is the highpoint of Goethe’s classical period. It is a reworking of an ancient Euripidean tragedy. Goethe removes the divine realm and makes it more of a question of the role of the humans rather than that of the gods.
The chief character, Iphigenie, is held prisoner on an island and her brother arrives to free her. Rather than fighting her way out the confides in Thoas the barabarian king, humanising him and thus enabling her to leave peacefully. The driving force of the play is humanism and the power of the human heart and mind, as well as the power of a woman in such a situation. | © "lewiscrofts"
Quoted from "Iphigenie in Tauris"
An unused life is an early death. Act I, sc. ii
Sunday, 19. February 2006, 01:02:47
theatre, Jean Cocteau, English posts, France
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About the film version of the play "The Human Voice"
by Jean Cocteau (1898-1963)
Originally penned by renowned playwright Jean Cocteau in 1930, The Human Voice chronicles the drama which unfolds throughout the course of the protagonist's monologue.
Performed by the iconic Ingrid Bergman, a middle-aged woman reeling from a recently ended love affair offers the audience an intimate look at the goings-on of a person in the midst of a psychological breakdown.
(Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide)
Friday, 10. February 2006, 07:24:38
theatre, Sophocles, English posts, Greece
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The plotKing Creon decrees that Polynices the traitor is not to be buried, but his sister Antigone defies the order. She is caught, and sentenced by Creon to be buried alive - even though she is betrothed to his son Haemon. After the blind prophet Tiresias proves that the gods are on Antigone's side, Creon changes his mind - but too late.
He goes first to bury Polynices, but Antigone has already hanged herself. When Creon arrives at the tomb, Haemon attacks him and then kills himself. When the news of their death is reported, Creon's wife Eurydice takes her own life. Creon is alone. (the classics pages)
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