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Gospel At Colonus $12.89 The Sophocles play “Oedipus at Colonus” becomes an exhilarating theatrical experience infused with modern-day gospel music in this filmed record of Lee Breuer’s acclaimed live production. Relating the story of Oedipus’ redemption through this innovative version, the members of The Blind Boys of Alabama collectively portray the tortured king; Morgan Freeman narrates. 90 min. Standard; Soundtrack: E… |
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Oedipus Rex $12.61 Highly stylized film version of the classic Greek tragedy, with the cast wearing masks, as was done in the time of Sophocles. Douglas Campbell stars as the mythic king whose actions unwittingly fulfill a damning prophecy. With Eleanor Stuart, Robert Goodier, Douglas Rain. 90 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo…. |
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The Three Theban Plays: Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus $5.00 Aristotle called “Oedipus The King,” the second-written of the three Theban plays written by Sophocles, the masterpiece of the whole of Greek theater. Today, nearly 2,500 years after Sophocles wrote, scholars and audiences still consider it one of the most powerful dramatic works ever made. Freud sure did. The three plays–”Antigone,” “Oedipus the King,” and “Oedipus at Colonus”–are not str… |
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The Oresteia: Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides $3.92 In the Oresteia—the only trilogy in Greek drama which survives from antiquity— Aeschylus took as his subject the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos. Moving from darkness to light, from rage to self-governance, from primitive ritual to civilized institution, it’s spirit of struggle and regeneration is eternal. … |
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Sophocles I: Oedipus The King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone (The Complete Greek Tragedies) $3.00 “These authoritative translations consign all other complete collections to the wastebasket.”—Robert Brustein, The New Republic”This is it. No qualifications. Go out and buy it everybody.”—Kenneth Rexroth, The Nation”The translations deliberately avoid the highly wrought and affectedly poetic; their idiom is contemporary….They have life and speed and suppleness of phrase.”—Times Education … |
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