Suppliants/Ajax

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Bloomsbury Academic, Apr 1, 2001 - Drama - 96 pages

Two Greek masterpieces.

In Suppliants, Aeschylus challenges us to witness the emotional cost of exile and, in doing so, helps us to understand a contemporary issue. In some of the most opulent and purely lovely choral odes ever written, he describes the fate of the daughters of Danaus as they beg for asylum in Argos. It was produced at the Gate Theatre in 1998.

Ajax describes the madness and death of one of the great Greek heroes of the Trojan wars, having fallen foul of the Gods.

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Common terms and phrases

Aegyptus Aeschylus Agamemnon and Menelaos Aiee Ajax is dead altars anger Apia Apollo Argives Argos armour ATHENA beasts birds blood brother bury Calchas CAPTAIN cast child command corpse cow SUPPLIANTS curse DANAUS dark death destroyed Ee-ay Egypt enemies Enter Epaphus EURYSACES evil exile eyes father fool friends frightened gods Greek Hate pride hear heart Hector Hera Hermes hero holy honour inside insult James Kerr Justice killed KING land laugh Libya lift listen look Lord Ajax lust MESSENGER mother National Theatre Studio never Nile pain Pause Pelasgians pity pray rape remember rumour safe Salamis SECOND CHORUS shadows ship silence slaughterhouse smile snake Snap soldier sons of Atreus Sophocles Sparta speak stampede stay sting stop story strangers sword tears tell TEUCER Troy understand voice wait watch What's whips women words Zeus

About the author (2001)

James Kerr was born in Liverpool. He trained as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and worked as an actor in theatre. television and film. He started directing at the National Theatre Studio in 1997. He has directed many productions worldwide. James Kerr was born in Liverpool. He trained as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and worked as an actor in theatre. television and film. He started directing at the National Theatre Studio in 1997. He has directed many productions worldwide.

Bibliographic information

TitleSuppliants/Ajax
Oberon Modern Plays
AuthorAeschylus
Translated byJames Kerr
Editionrevised
PublisherBloomsbury Academic, 2001
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedApr 15, 2008
ISBN1840021055, 9781840021059
Length96 pages
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Drama / Ancient & Classical
  
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