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Classical Drama and Theatre


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A Guide to Writing in History and Classics

 

Play Reviews: Section 2

Please remember that you have only five minutes for your in-class presentation. You should focus on how an understanding of classical theatre and drama highlights our appreciation of the play you are reviewing. You may concentrate on one portion of the play or one or more aspects of it, for instance, the use of actors or props, the opportunities for original design in masks or set, the playwright's manipulation of conventions like character type or plot—all in all, whatever would catch the eye of an informed viewer in antiquity. Your Play Review is due at the beginning of the class after you make your in-class presentation.

AESCHYLUS
(Click here for a summary of Aeschylus' plays)
Persae  
Seven Against Thebes  
Suppliants  
Libation-Bearers  
Eumenides  
Prometheus Bound  
SOPHOCLES
(Click here for a summary of Sophocles' plays)
Ajax  
Trachinian Women  
Electra  
Philoctetes  
Oedipus at Colonus  
EURIPIDES
(Click here for Part 1 of a summary of Euripides' plays; click here for Part 2 of a summary of Euripides' plays)
Alcestis  
Medea  
Hippolytus  
Andromache  
Hecuba  
Hiketes ("Suppliants")  
Heraclidae ("Children of Heracles")  
Ion  
Trojan Women  
Heracles  
Iphigenia Among the Taurians  
Electra  
Phoenissae  
Iphigenia at Aulis  
Rhesus  

 


Course Description
Class Grading and Projects
Chapters
Syllabus
Slides
A Guide to Writing in History and Classics

 

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