ThePrint6h
Trump’s appetite for revenge defies literary comparisons, from Iago to Mark Antony
From the malignant Iago to the murderous Clytemnestra, most literary figures feel personal passion. Trump’s anger seems more ...
Can Movie Stars Handle Greek Classics? London Is Finding Out.
Sophocles is suddenly everywhere on the city’s stages. In concurrent shows, Rami Malek is playing Oedipus and Brie Larson is ...
Elektra starring Brie Larson is a strange, boring play
Elektra feels like a work in progress, an early read-through in which the rough edges are yet to be smoothed. Even Brie ...
Opinion
Commentary: Plagues destroy humanity, vaccines save it
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.” The words are Ecclesiastes 1:9 – among my ...
The Stage23h
Elektra starring Brie Larson – review round-up
The Oscar-winning Hollywood star makes her UK debut in Daniel Fish's staging of Sophocles' play, but does the latest Greek ...
The Arts Desk22h
Elektra, Duke of York's Theatre review - Brie Larson's London stage debut is angry but inert
We live in tragic times given over to cataclysmic events that require outsized emotions in return. That may be one reason to account for the uptick, therefore, in Greek drama, which includes not one ...
Greek Reporter7h
What Stood on the Acropolis Before the Parthenon?
The Acropolis of Athens is one of the most visited world sites, but what stood on top of it before the construction of the Parthenon?