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History of Theatre 2 - Development of Classical Greek Tragedy

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On developments in classical Greek Tragedy. More on this subject - Mark Damen:
http://www.usu.edu/markdamen/ClasDram/chapters/061gkthea.htm
Personae: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristotle
Plays: Oedipus Rex, Medea
Terms: The City of Dionysia Festival in Athens, tragedy, anagnorisis, pompe, phalloi, Dithyramb contest, aulos, lyre, cither
Audio of the aulos and cithara - Stefan Hagel:
http://www.oeaw.ac.at/kal/agm/

Oedipus Rex
Director: Don Taylor
TV production 1984
with Michael Pennington (Oedipus), Claire Bloom and John Shrapnel. Translated and directed by the late Don Taylor
ShakespeareAndMore:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieO4DtH5L4c

Medea
Director: Mark Cullingham
Kennedy Center Telecast 1983
Medea - Zoe Caldwell in the title role of Euripides' MEDEA, for which she won the Tony Award. This scene is from the Kennedy Center Telecast, with Paul Sparer as Creon and Judith Anderson as the Nurse.
petshoplad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zInoTXKyOvI

Fertility Festival, Nagoya, Japan
Youtube: mmalarkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-guLkkQAzs

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  • Medea's monologue is frightening; especially when she says "No, like some yellow eyed beast that has killed its hunters."

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