{"product_id":"the-greek-plays-paperback","title":"The Greek Plays - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEllen McLaughlin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTony Kushner\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eThe Persians\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDefeat is impossible\u003cbr\u003eDefeat is unthinkable\u003cbr\u003eWe have always been the favorites of fate.\u003cbr\u003eFortune has cupped us\u003cbr\u003eIn her golden palms.\u003cbr\u003eIt has only been a matter\u003cbr\u003eOf choosing our desire. Which fruit\u003cbr\u003eTo pick from the nodding tree.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis chilling passage is from Ellen McLaughlin's new adaptation of \u003ci\u003eThe Persians \u003c\/i\u003eby Aeschylus, the earliest surviving play in Western literature, an elegy for a fallen civi-lization and a warning to its new conqueror. As Margo Jefferson wrote in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, The play is a true classic: we see the present and the future right there, inside the past. And when writers give us a 'new version' (a translation or adaptation) of a classic, they both serve and use it. They serve the playwright's gifts by refusing to simplify. But they can't just imitate. Every age has its own rhythms and drives. The classic must make us feel the new acutely. Ellen McLaughlin serves and uses \u003ci\u003eThe Persians \u003c\/i\u003ewith true power and grace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso included in this volume: \u003ci\u003eIphigenia and Other Daughters \u003c\/i\u003e(from Euripides and Sophocles); \u003ci\u003eThe Trojan Women \u003c\/i\u003e(Euripides); \u003ci\u003eHelen \u003c\/i\u003e(Euripides); and \u003ci\u003eLysistrata \u003c\/i\u003e(Aristophanes), all powerfully realized and as relevant today as when they were first performed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEllen McLaughlin's plays include \u003ci\u003eDays and Nights Within, A Narrow Bed, Infinity's House\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTongue of a Bird\u003c\/i\u003e, which have been widely produced. She is a past finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and was the co-winner of the Great American Play Contest. Also an accomplished actor, Ms. McLaughlin is most known for having originated the part of the Angel in Tony Kushner's \u003ci\u003eAngels in America\u003c\/i\u003e, appearing in every U.S. production through its Broadway run.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEllen McLaughlin's plays include Days and Nights Within, A Narrow Bed, Infinity's House and Tongue of a Bird, which have been widely produced. She is a past finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and was the co-winner of the Great American Play Contest. Also an accomplished actor, Ms. McLaughlin is most well known for having originated the part of the Angel in Tony Kushner's Angels in America, appearing in every U.S. production through its Broadway run. Tony Kushner's plays include A Bright Room Called Day and Slavs!; as well as adaptations of Corneille's The Illusion, Ansky's The Dybbuk, Brecht's The Good Person of Szecguan and Goethe's Stella. Current projects include: Henry Box Brown or The Mirror of Slavery; and two musical plays: St. Cecilia or The Power of Music and Caroline or Change. His collaboration with Maurice Sendak on an American version of the children's opera, Brundibar, appeared in book form Fall 2003. Kushner grew up in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and he lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.07 x 8.48 x 5.42 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47219211895033,"sku":"9781559362405","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/MGFFTXJGcmUreUkvU01EbUtPWEU1QT09.webp?v=1768165684","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-greek-plays-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}